Broadwell
Intel’s first foray into 14nm was with its Broadwell product portfolio. It launched into the mobile market with a variety of products, however the desktop offering in 2015 was extremely limited - only two socketed desktop processors ever made it to retail, and in limited quantities. This is despite users waiting for a strong 14nm update to Haswell, but also because of the way Intel built the chip. Alongside the processor was 128 MB of eDRAM, a sort of additional cache between the CPU and the main memory. It caused quite a stir, and we’re retesting the hardware in 2020 to see if the concept of eDRAM is still worth the effort.
The 2015 MacBook Review
I’m still not entirely sure when it actually happened, but at some point over the last couple of years the crossover between tablets and laptops stopped being an idea...
354 by Ryan Smith on 4/14/2015
Analyzing Intel Core M Performance: How 5Y10 can beat 5Y71 & the OEMs' Dilemma
A processor architect can battle between two major opposing principles. The one most of us seem to enjoy is performance, which when taken to the extreme exhibits an all-or-nothing...
110 by Brett Howse & Ian Cutress on 4/8/2015
Unlocked Socketed 65W Broadwell Iris Pro Desktop CPU Demoed by Intel at GDC15
The next twelve months are set to be exciting times for the desktop space for Intel. While the current fifth generation mobile processors are coming to market, and the...
78 by Ian Cutress on 3/5/2015
GIGABYTE GB-BXi7H-5500 Broadwell BRIX Review
Over the last couple of years, the ultra-compact form factor (UCFF) has emerged as one of the bright spots in the troubled PC market. Intel's NUC and GIGABYTE's BRIX...
53 by Ganesh T S on 1/29/2015
Intel Announces Broadwell vPro Processors: Wireless Docking and More
While Intel formally announced availability of Broadwell-U processors at CES this year, vendors did not actually have any devices available for purchase containing Intel vPro technology. Today that changes...
16 by Stephen Barrett on 1/29/2015
Intel Releases Broadwell-U: New SKUs, up to 48 EUs and Iris 6100
As part of the CES cavalcade of announcements, after launching Core-M back in September, Intel is formally releasing their next element of the 14 nanometer story: Broadwell-U. As the...
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Acer Announces First 15” Chromebook, with a Broadwell Processor
CES officially starts this week, which means announcements are going to start pouring out. Every year it seems the pre-CES stuff starts earlier, and for 2015 Acer is kicking...
23 by Jarred Walton on 1/4/2015
Quick Look at Core M 5Y70 and Llama Mountain
Today, Intel showed off a reference design codenamed Llama Mountain, which is an incredibly thin tablet running Intel's Core M 5Y70. While we've covered Core M previously it's worth...
81 by Joshua Ho on 9/10/2014
Short Bytes: Intel's Core M and Broadwell-Y SoC
Intel has slowly been feeding us information about their upcoming Broadwell processors for a couple years now, with the first real details kicking off almost a year ago at...
31 by Jarred Walton on 8/12/2014
Intel’s 14nm Technology in Detail
Much has been made about Intel’s 14nm process over the past year, and admittedly that is as much as Intel’s doing as it is the public’s. As one of...
38 by Ryan Smith on 8/11/2014
Intel Broadwell Architecture Preview: A Glimpse into Core M
Typically we would see Intel unveil the bulk of the technical details of their forthcoming products at their annual Intel Developer Forum, and with the next IDF scheduled for...
158 by Ryan Smith on 8/11/2014
Intel 2014 Enthusiast Processors: New Unlocked Iris Pro CPU Coming to Broadwell
In a somewhat uncharacteristic turn from Intel, we were hooked up and loaded in to a press conference call this week regarding the announcement of some exciting new products...
64 by Ian Cutress on 3/19/2014
A Closer Look at Broadwell & its New Small Form Factor Package
First, a quick recap. There are four different Haswell versions: D, M, ULT and ULX. D is for desktop, M is for mobile, ULT is for Ultrabooks and ULX...
18 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/11/2013
Intel Demos 14nm Broadwell: Up to 30% Lower Power than Haswell
Intel just demonstrated 14nm Broadwell ULT (Y-series) silicon, normalized for performance against 22nm Haswell ULT (Y-series) silicon running a multithreaded Cinebench test. Intel was monitoring SoC power during the...
38 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/11/2013
Intel 14nm Progress Update: Broadwell & Airmont On Schedule
Continuing our IDF 2013 keynote coverage, Intel is also using this morning’s keynote to announce progress updates on previously announced 14nm products. Intel’s plans here remain unchanged, with Intel...
36 by Ryan Smith on 9/10/2013
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