Intel shows off the first 64-bit "Bay Trail" Atom processor designed for tablet applications at its 2013 Investors Meeting, and claims the combination of 64-bit capability and low-cost/lower-power microarchitecture will boost mobile devices further.
“What we are doing with our product roadmap and SoCs is that we drive to lower costs and profitable stages But that is not enough," Intel CEO Brian Krzanich says. "What we really want to do is to take a lot of the innovation and differentiation we are able to do up on the PC and bring that down into tablets.”
The 64-bit Atom processor uses "Silverman" microarchitecture which the company claims boosts performance by up to 40% in applications such as Adobe Photoshop. Windows 8.1 devices will be the first to take advantage of the technology, but Android tablets running on the chips should also appear at CES 2014.
“You will see tablets with Intel inside as early as this holiday at price-points below $100," Krzanich continues. The company hopes to ship 40 million Atom tablet SoCs during 2014, up from 10m in 2013.
Go Intel
