Intel announced today their new Silvermont microarchitecture, a new design for 22nm Tri-Gate SoC chips. The architecture will offer three times the performance of current generation Atom processors while using five times less power. The new chips may help Intel get their chips into top-tier phones that seem to be dominated by Qualcomm chips. Besides making use of the 22nm SoC process, the chips also “revolutionary” 3-D Tri-Gate transistors. Intel says the architecture will also offer:
A new out-of-order execution engine enables best-in-class, single-threaded performance.
A new multi-core and system fabric architecture scalable up to eight cores and enabling greater performance for higher bandwidth, lower latency and more efficient out-of-order support for a more balanced and responsive system.
New IA instructions and technologies bringing enhanced performance, virtualization and security management capabilities to support a wide range of products. These instructions build on Intel’s existing support for 64-bit and the breadth of the IA software installed base.
Enhanced power management capabilities including a new intelligent burst technology, low- power C states and a wider dynamic range of operation taking advantage of Intel’s 3-D transistors. Intel® Burst Technology 2.0 support for single- and multi-core offers great responsiveness scaled for power efficiency.
Building on the Silvermont architecture, Intel is planning to produce quad-core Bay Trail processors to be used in tablet devices by the end of 2013. The chips may also be used in some entry-level laptops or desktops using non-traditional form factors. For smartphones, Intel is working on the Merrifield version of the chips, which are also slated to be ready before 2013 draws to a close.
Intel has had some success getting their high end chips into devices from Lenovo and ZTE. The question remains as to whether they can break through into a market largely controlled by Qualcomm, Samsung and NVIDIA.
source: Intel
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