When Mobile World Congress kicks off in Barcelona next week, Intel will be launching two processors for tablets and smartphones under its Merrifield brand which uses the Silvermont architecture. One of these chips will be geared towards Android Tablets, while the other is a 64-bit variant of Bay Trail-T.
A month later, in March, Intel will roll out a refresh of its Bay Trail-M processor.
To close the year Intel will launch the Airmont architecture using the 14nm process node. The first product on this will be a Cherry Trail SoC.
Ridiculous statement from VR Zone: all Bay Trail have always supported 64-bit, there's no need for a new variant just for that.Some updates about Intel's plans for the Atom line:
... the other is a 64-bit variant of Bay Trail-T
New Bay Trail-T and Bay Trail-M models soon, big focus on 64-bit support.
Ridiculous statement from VR Zone: all Bay Trail have always supported 64-bit, there's no need for a new variant just for that.
So far the four consumer Bay Trail Mini-ITX we have seen (ECS BAT-I(V1.0), Biostar J1800NM, MSI J1800I, Gigabyte J1800N-D2H) have S0-DIMM slots.
The ECS BAT-TI, listed in the Tom's link here, also has SO-DIMM.
I just wonder if ECS BAT-I2(V1.0) ends having DIMM slots?
Now I'm lost, I hadn't properly read the VR Zone article you linked.Yes, but there was no x64 Windows 8.1 with connected standby ready for Bay Trail-T last year and I bet they delayed Bay Trail's Android launch after Apple's 64-bit A7 announcement just to beat the ARM crowd in the 64-bit Android race.
If I had to guess, Cherry Trail will come in Android flavours not too long after Windows in Q4, unlike Bay Trail.
Now I'm lost, I hadn't properly read the VR Zone article you linked.
On the second slide, why would Intel feel the need to explicitly state 64-bit for Z3795 and omit it for all other SKUs? They can't be stupid enough to fuse off 64-bit support from all other SKus
Cherry Trail launching in Q4. At this point it wouldnt surprise me if this was the first 14nm chip available from Intel. I bet they want Broxton out as soon as possible in 2015, so Cherry Trail might be a short-lived product compared to Bay Trail.
http://vr-zone.com/articles/whats-intel-planning-2014/72100.html
I doubt it too, but given recent Intel stupidity with segmentation...I doubt they would do this. 64-bit support from low-end to high-end models could be a major selling point for Bay Trail in the Android space.
it looks like turbo clock didn't change but base clock is slightly higher: http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench3/compare/418289?baseline=406668Z3795 should be the new fastest model till Cherry Trail-T arrives in November. Anybody wants to guess the clockspeed?
4.5TDP broadwell will not perform as much as a 15W haswell. but it gives MS a great selling point and they shud accept the minor regression in performance
If I had to guess, Cherry Trail will come in Android flavours not too long after Windows in Q4, unlike Bay Trail.
And Bay Trail tablets running Android will be available by end of 2013: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6936/...cture-revealed-getting-serious-about-mobile/6
Yes, that's why I *think* this time we'll have Android along with Windows. But again my point is just that I have a very hard time trusting Intel lately, so I'll wait for devices.But Android Bay Trail was a software issue. Once 64bit Android is ready (which it is), there won't be any problems to release an Android tablet with any SoC.