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Intel quietly expands Core M ‘Broadwell’ family of chips

Intel Corp. has quietly added new Core M “Broadwell” microprocessors into its lineup of chips. The new central processing units consume up to 4.5W of energy and are designed for high-performance tablets, hybrid 2-in-1 systems as well as ultra-thin notebooks. The new CPUs can operate at higher frequencies than their predecessors that have already been discontinued.

The new Core M 5Y71, 5Y51, 5Y31 and 5Y10C microprocessors belong to the Broadwell-Y (BDW-Y 2+2) breed of system-on-chips that feature microprocessor as well as core-logic set on the same piece of substrate. Just like the Core M chips released in the third quarter, the new Core M SoCs feature two x86 cores with the Hyper-Threading technology, the Intel HD Graphics 5300 core with 24 execution units and various enhancements, 4MB of L3 cache, dual-channel DDR3 memory controller as well as 4.5W thermal design power.

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The new Core M chips feature improved graphics performance thanks to increased clock-rates and higher maximum Turbo Boost frequencies for x86 cores. They should provide higher performance than the first Core M system-on-chips currently used by select makers of tablets and hybrid systems.

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It is logical to expect device manufacturers to quickly transit to newer Core M “Broadwell” processors since they feature higher performance amid similar thermal design power.

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KitGuru Says: While it is good that Intel can increase clock-rates of “Broadwell” processors slightly without boosting their TDPs, the increases are not truly significant. It will be interesting to see the clock-rates of Intel Core “Broadwell-U” SoCs that have 15W thermal design power and are due in early 2015.

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2 comments

  1. It would be dumb of Microsoft, not to see these in the next surface pro.

  2. Altouhg the TDP is great I’m not really sure these are powerful enough to compete with the current i3, i5 and i7 cpus surface has.

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