Intel plans a new range of processors to power tablet computers, a significant tweak to its earlier plan of using Medfield processors for both smartphones and tablet, reports Digitimes.
The Medfield platform, built on the Cedar Trail architecture, is Intel's first purpose-built 32nm platform for smartphones and tablets, optimized for both low power and high performance.
The platform was expected to enable sub-9mm designs Tablets weighing less than 1.5 pounds.
Intel's overhaul of its 2012 product roadmap has been prompted by a desire to field processors that can match ARM CPUs in terms of thermal design power (TDP), facilitating increased battery life. The company aims to bring TDP of its smartphone and tablet processors down to 10W over the next two years.
Sources tell Digitimes that Intel plans to launch 32nm Saltwell, 22nm Silvermont and 14nm Airmont chipsets in the next three years.
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