Intel has taken the wraps off a new product codenamed Braswell, to be manufactured on the upcoming 14nm process, at the IDF 2014 conference in China. The company is yet to give an official date for Braswell’s release.
Braswell will succeed the Bay Trail that is currently sold as Intel Atom, Celeron and Pentium products, found in low-cost devices like Chromebooks and sub-$500 Windows PCs. Braswell is claimed to offer better performance and power efficiency than the Bay Trail chips.
“Today I want to announce the code name of the next-generation Atom microarchitecture–based PC called Braswell. It’ll be a leading 14-nanometer technology, delivering even lower bill-of-material (BOM) cost and higher performance,” Intel SVP and GM of the PC client group Kirk Skaugen said at the conference.
Along with the Braswell chip, Skaugen also demonstrated a media box from QVOD Technology. The QVOD media box, said to be available later this year, is based on Intel’s current Bay Trail processors. “The two companies are exploring additional collaborations,” Intel said in a statement.
The company also released a 64-bit kernel for Android as well. “Intel is the first in the industry to deliver a 64-bit kernel for Android. We’re bringing that to the market,” Skaugen said.
Intel has set up a resource site for the developers interested in working on the new kernel to download it. However, only limited systems support is available as of now.
Hermann Eul, general manager of Intel’s Mobile and Communications Group, revealed Intel’s plans for the future SoFIA 3G product, a dual-chip SoC, targeting smartphones and tablets. This new SoC is expected to begin shipping in the fourth quarter of this year.
