14 DAY TRIAL // Intel’s new Broadwell central processing units are an elusive bunch. After being postponed once, new information reported in February claimed the chip-maker has pushed the kick-start of the mass production until the fourth quarter of the year.
Anyway, sources familiar with the matter reported by the infamous DigiTimes say Intel is gearing up to produce next-gen Ultrabooks running on Broadwell architecture, that will apparently launch in Q4 of 2014.
The chip giant is aiming to push the notebook industry further into the ultra-thin era. Anyway, Broadwell chips should provide the next-gen Ultrabooks with improved power consumption and support for Ultra HD panels and WiGig wireless technologies.
It’s quite interesting to see the development of rumors regarding Broadwell’s availability. Last we heard, devices sporting this chip architecture were expected to arrive as late as the first quarter of 2015.
Some limited volumes of U- and Y-Series 14nm Broadwell chips might show up in Q4 of 2014, but Pentium and Celeron will only come in the first part of 2015. But this was back in mid-February.
Since then, we have seen Dell’s roadmap leak, showing that a new Dell XPS 13 Ultrabook bundling a Broadwell CPU is set to arrive in Q3.
Moreover, according to Intel’s leaked product map, the “Rock Canyon” NUC equipped with Intel Core i3 or Core i5 Broadwell chips is set to arrive in late 2014.
The truth is definitely somewhere out there, but the question is, which leaks can be trusted?