14 nm is Here!

Below is an article from Clayton Gewin. I thought I'd share it, enjoy <3

"Intel just announced a bunch of new 14 nm processors at CES based on the 5th generation Intel® Core™ processor architecture.  These new chips will be available this month in stores, so it’s a good idea to bone up on the details.  These chips are technically a “tick” in Intel’s tick-tock cadence which means it is a new process technology.   Intel® HD Graphics get a significant bump with 5500, 6000 and 6100 versions.  The new Intel® Core™ processor lineup will feature anywhere from 23 to 48 execution units and promises to significantly improve graphics performance.  4K (Ultra High Definition) is supported as well.  5th generation parts will be easy to identify by the 5 in their processor number (example:  Intel® Core™ i7-5557 U Processor).   All of the specs are live at:

http://ark.intel.com/

Mobile will be the focus for these chips and energy efficiency has again improved.  There are also some interesting platform technologies such as Intel® Smart Sound Technology.   This enables a wake-on-voice technology that’s pretty cool.  It also reduces power consumption.  Intel® Wireless Display 5.1 is now available, as well, and supports 4K/UHD with a driver update due in January.  You can check out the new stick form factor for the Intel® Wireless Display compatible Actiontec Screenbeam mini 2* here:

http://www.actiontec.com/327.html

Finally, there is a new Wireless AC adapter: the Intel® Dual Band Wireless-AC 7265.  It brings greater energy efficiency and support for Windows InstantGO* technology.   You can check out the specs here:

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/wireless-products/dual-band-wireless-ac-7265.html

PC Magazine* did a nice summary of the 5th generation Intel® Core™ processor launch here:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2474560,00.asp

Anandtech* did an excellent deeper dive here:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8814/intel-releases-broadwell-u-new-skus-up-to-48-eus-and-iris-6100

 

 

 

*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others."

I'm kind of stoked, that seems really cool!

I know me too! I'm not sure if we could go closer than 14 nm with silicone. So this should be final transition before we hit something else, this could be the last milestone IMO.

This are only the mobile cpu´s.

As we allready knew, the biggest improvement of broadwell cpu´s will be on the power efficieny and the igpu.

The igpu looks impressive, but still doubting that it will be better then kaveri.

Yes, I'm excited for what this will do to the mobile/tablet industry. 

yes as far as i have seen the power efficiency numbers, i think on that part it will be realy good for the battery lifespan.

How powerfull the new iris igpu will be, thats the question, But it looks good on paper sofar.

The Iris Pro iGPUs are actually pretty decent. The Iris Pro 6200 is supposedly going to be similar to better than an R7 250. The Pro 5200 is already better than a GTX 830M, and that chip is decent for 720p gaming.

How do the amd apus match up to that?

amd has a new manager so they changed their strategy and won't release anything good till 2016 if at all. I was hoping to get my hands on a 35watt keveri laptop last September but the only one to release one is msi but a apu+gpu setup is out of my budget. if they had been for sale I bet amd would have made a nice profit because most laptops sold are i5-4200u and AMD A10-7300's are only about as good as an i3. a 35watt A10-7400P is almost as good as a Nvidia GT 640m LE + i7-7500u.

that said I wonder if broadwell has mantel support I know they announced plans to support it a while back.though even if it did I have no doubt skylake will blow it out of the water.

The benchmarks are hard to compare (comparing a mobile chip to a desktop), but the Iris Pro 5200 appears to be roughly in the neighborhood of the A10-7700K or A10-7850K.