Chipzilla will probably be very busy at the September developer forum

Feb 18, 2014 10:52 GMT  ·  By

We've already checked out Intel's plans for the first half of 2014, so now we may as well take a look at what the corporation will do in the latter part of the year, in the months August and September in particular.

When we reported on the Intel Haswell April launch, we touched a bit on what would happen in August, since we couldn't resist relishing in the approach of DDR4 memory.

Sure, actual DDR4 modules probably won't make it to market before 2015, and even if they do, they'll be expensive and rare.

But it's good to know that you will be able to find a motherboard and CPU with DDR4 support, because you'll be all set for the next decade if you buy one.

Anyway, even though about 20 Haswell CPUs will come out in April, the really good ones aren't expected until late summer, and then we'll see 14nm Broadwell.

We'd have expected DDR4 to stay unsupported until Broadwell actually, but according to the roadmap from VR-Zone, that won't be the case.

That said, besides the powerful desktop chips, Intel will launch the Moorefield line of Atom processors in September.

Powered by the 22nm Silvermont architecture, the Moorefield will possess a TD-LTE and TD-SCDMA modem, unlike Merrifield.

Haswell-EP E5-2600 v3 and E5-1600 v3 chips will make an appearance as well, taking the place of the current-generation E5-2600 v2 and E5-1600 v2.

The launch date hasn't been confirmed, but the event will probably coincide with the September edition of the Intel Developer Forum.

Finally, near the end of 2014, Intel will release the 14nm Airmont node, which will spawn a Cherry Trail SoC to start with (system-on-chip). Intel may change all these dates and vague ETAs at any time, but even if that happens, we can probably rest assured that the delays or accelerations won't be of more than a month at this stage.