Intel roadmap leak shows quad-core Atoms for 2014

Intel plans to release its first 22nm quad-core Atom system on a chip at the start of 2014, according to a leaked roadmap showing the new processor's specifications. Atom roadmap Bay View-T sees in the New Year (click to enlarge) German tech blog Mobilegeeks.de got hold of the roadmap, which shows the current Clover …

[Anonymous Coward]

Gen 7?

Intel is replacing Imagination graphics IP with internal graphics IP for future SoC!?! Interesting!

[Snowy]

Given the time frame for launch rather odd it is only direct x11 rather than 11.1

[Anonymous Coward]

11.1 doesn't offer anything particularly useful for the vast majority of users. (Look at the failure of 3D TV to take off.)

[Anonymous Coward]

I expect is it really supports 11.1 despite the slide but don't quote me on that.

[Mikel]

Windows only?

Are they sticking with that?

[James 51]

DirectX 11 good for gaming comunity? Sounds like it will barely cope with windows 8.

[Koyaanisq]

But it's a HUGE 3 times performance boost!

That means, instead of running like shit, it'll run like one third of a shit!

[John Savard]

Competition

A quad-core Atom is a more power-efficient way to deliver throughput than a single-core faster chip, so I'm not too surprised, given all the quad-core ARM chips out there.

But why isn't Intel considering a sixteen-core Atom to compete with AMD's Opteron 6300?

[druck]

2014?

Is that really 2014 and not 2013? The pace of Atom development is truly pathetic, the door is wide open for ARM to own this segment.