Intel's 14-nm Broadwell CPU Primed For Slim Tablets

crookedvulture writes Intel's next-gen Broadwell processor has entered production, and we now know a lot more about what it entails. The chip is built using 14-nm process technology, enabling it to squeeze into half the power envelope and half the physical footprint of last year's Haswell processors. Even the thickness of the CPU package has been reduced to better fit inside slim tablets. There are new power-saving measures, too, including a duty cycle control mechanism that shuts down sections of the chip during some clock cycles. The onboard GPU has also been upgraded with more functional units and hardware-assisted H.265 decoding for 4K video. Intel expects the initial Broadwell variant, otherwise known as the Core M, to slip into tablets as thin as the iPad Air. We can expect to see the first systems on shelves in time for the holidays.

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Re:Thank GOD

[CastrTroy]

You're missing the biggest point. It has hardware h.265 support(not to be confused with h.264) which is a newer compression algorithm that allows for even smaller files while maintaining the same video quality, or better quality when using the same bitrate.