The Intel 4th Generation Core has launched and although the U-Series CPU’s are interesting, it’s the Y-Series Core processors that will be interesting for ultra mobiles in 2013 and 2014. Full details and part numbers, availability and pricing may not be available for some time although Intel have said that some products will be available this month. We hope the Y-Series Haswell processors will be inside some of them.
6W SDP (scenario design power it’s a lower number than TDP) is what Intel is highlighting but don’t expect devices based on this platform to have screens smaller than 10 inch because Y-Series Haswell is all about being able to get everything packed into a tablet design. We still need to wait for Bay Trail for the possibility of handheld and modular solutions.
Expect 11.6 inch tablet, detachable, convertibles and ultra-thin Ultrabooks with the Y-Series CPU. Indications are that tablets based on the Y-series 4th Gen Core could be as thin as 10mm.
We’re also expecting Y-series processors to be used in some Connected Standby-capable products which will require extremely tight mainboard design.
Performance won’t be up there with the best of the new 4th-Gen U-series but should be comparable with CPU performance seen on the 1.4 and 1.5Ghz Core i3 and Core 5 Y-Series available with the Ivy Bridge architecture now.
Much more information on Intel’s 4th Gen Core and mobile products is expected over the next week as Computex gets under way. We’ll be filtering all that into a stream of Ultra Mobile news for you here.
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This is a comment test by Chippy
I’d like to see the Y-series chips in some 10.1″ screened notebooks with small bezels (can leave out touch features to make this happen).
And I wouldn’t mind seeing the Y-series in some 7-9″ size screens notebooks….
;)
Also, what is the TDP of Y chips and what is the SDP of U chips? What’s the reasoning of using SDP and why only on Y chips?
I wonder how performance, power consumption and price will compare with Bay Trail chips.
@ArchiMark
I’d like that too but it seems Intel is marketing the Y chips as low as 11.6″ so I was hoping 10.1″ would be possible for some niche products. At 7-9″ I think there’ll be too much heat/throttling and battery life issues that could make people stay away. Price may get too high as well. Also, at that size, touch will become more useful which would at to the price.
I hope I’m completely wrong and some OEMs does come out with some stable, long battery life and affordable UMPCs.
On a side note, what happened to the ability to reply to comments?
It’d be nice to see the Y chips make their way into simple sub-11.6″ notebooks. No touch screens, not pointlessly thin and optional extended batteries.
Would the Y-series be possible in a 7-inch form factor, like the original Eee PC?
The battery on my Eee PC no longer holds a decent charge, but it still works well for content creation (when I can find a electrical outlet). Even with SwiftKey keyboard app, the Galaxy Tab that I also bring along just can’t keep up with text entry
A couple of extra bis of info. 1 it looks like 6w SDP means 10w TDP. Intel are using the same trick as with ivy Bridge Y-Series. 2. Y-Series is not ready yet but coming in 2013. That means you’ll see ivy Bridge Y-Series for a while.
Chippy.
Lee, yes. The volume available for air flow and heatsink would be enough IMO.
I need to fix threaded comments on UMPCPortal.! Chippy.
@ Martin
Thanks for the detailed info about the chip and use in smaller devices…
@ Chippy [June 2nd, 6:45pm post…]
Assume there’s some typos in your post?…..unless maybe I’m just missing your point about timeframe….
You say that “Y-series is not ready yet but coming in 2013. That means you’ll see ivy Bridge Y-Series for a while.”
Did you mean to say “That means you won’t see ivy Bridge Y-Series for a while” or ???
Appreciate your clarifying timeframe for Y-Series….
Thanks.
Hi ArchiMark
I mean Y-series (Haswell) is not ready yet. Y-Series (Ivy Bridge) is the platform you could see for a while.
Chippy.
Hi Chippy,
OK, now I get it…. ;)
Thanks for clarifying!
Mark