Intel Broxton; A platform for mobile phones and tablets

Intel Broxton is an Atom -based platform for tablet and mobile phone. Intel has somewhat missed the tablet and Smartphone boom, but now wants to catch up with Qualcomm and others in the row. The solution provides the chip giant in a common platform concept for Smartphones and tablets codenamed as Broxton.

As of 2015, Intel plans to the Broxton chips that will succeed the current Atom CPUs code named as Bay Trail and in the beginning of 2014 to the market next Atom CPUs codenamed Cherry Trail produce, in 14 -nm process. Broxton will include improved atomic cores codenamed “Gold Mount “and a higher-performance GPU; Compared to the current atom of the Bay Trail – generation, Broxton can reach five times the CPU and 15 times the GPU performance!

 However, Intel will not only attack the high-end segment. By starting in Q3/Q4 2014 Atom CPU “SoFIA " Intel is targeting the tablet and mobile phone market for beginners and very price-conscious buyers. The highly integrated chip (SoC - System on Chip) will contain a 64- bit processor graphics unit and UMTS / LTE modem.