Intel Preps Silvermont, For Ultrafast Tablets And Smartphones


Bangalore: Intel’s next generation Atom processors with new CPU architecture will be up to three times faster and five times more power efficient than its predecessor chips, and are up in sleeves to break away the common notion that  ARM processors are more power efficient- Intel said in a webcast organized for investors and media, reports Times Of India.

The CPU architecture, code named as ‘Silvermont’ will be incorporated in Smartphones, tablets, PCs and servers starting this year and would form the basis for its next-generation Atom microprocessors called Bay Trail and Merrifield.

While Bay Trail, is to appear in tablets by end of the year, Merrifield would be available inside Smartphones in the first quarter of 2014. They will support the Android and Microsoft operating systems.

Currently ARM makes the core technology that is used by companies like Qualcomm, Nvidia, MediaTek, Apple and Samsung to create microprocessors for phones and tablets. Though Intel’s Atom processors which have performance that is comparable to ARM-based chips, they seem to suffer from the lack of interest from companies that make phones and tablets.

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