14 DAY TRIAL // I thought that we'd have to wait for the 14nm manufacturing process until later this year, since that's when Broadwell CPUs are supposed to be released, but Intel has just proved my assumption wrong.
It didn't launch the Broadwell high-end and mid-range consumer central processing units. That will still only happen in the third or fourth quarter of 2014. Also, availability might not ramp up until 2015.
Still, Intel has finally announced 14nm CPUs, the “Braswell” collection to be specific. Or, rather, SoCs (system-on-chip devices).
That's all it did, though: announced it. It didn't give any specifications or even said how many processors would be in the series.
All we know is that the chips will be used in Chromebooks, low-end desktop PCs (like nettops and barebones), and, of course, entry-level laptops.
The Braswell have better graphics than Bay Trail, improved energy efficiency, as well as better performance overall. The standard benefits when moving to a more advanced manufacturing process node.
I imagine that Chipzilla will disclose some details over the next few weeks, and that companies like Acer, ASUS, HP, Lenovo, etc. will launch products based on the SoC, or at least promise they will, later in the year.