Do you remember that a couple months ago we spoke about the Haswell processors from Intel ? This is indeed the new generation of Intel chips and is expected to be released around the middle of this year, ie in only 2 or 3 months. New reports indicate that Intel has begun shipping its Haswell chips to the main market OEMs to begin testing and others.
The company is expected to give more details about it or make some announcement about this new generation of processors during IDF conference to be held next week in Beijing. Haswell processors will not only be the best of Intel in terms of power, but is also expected to have a very low energy expenditure without implying a yield loss.
Notably, these processors will be used in PCs, laptops and tablets also, contrary to early rumors saying that would be available only for desktops.
The Haswell chips have the same process for the generation 22nm Ivy Bridge, although it has designed a new microarchitecture to improve the performance. It is expected that 14 new lines processors Core i5 and Core i7 will be launched between 2013 and 2014.
