Intel quietly launches first Braswell SoCs

[HEXUS]

Feature 14nm Airmont CPU cores and are new members of the Pentium and Celeron family.

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[shaithis]

Interesting that they release a new range/family with DDR3...

[DanceswithUnix]

Interesting that they release a new range/family with DDR3...

With a 1.6GHz core speed I doubt they need fast ram.

[shaithis]

Well, you could argue that nothing (bar IGPs) really needs DDR4. Seems odd though as I would have thought the transition to DDR4 was in full-effect......but obviously not!

[scaryjim]

DDR3 is going to be way cheaper than DDR4 for a year or two yet, and these are for entry level systems; it would be nonsensical for them to have anything other than DDR3...

[aniilv]

4 cores 4 threads @ 6W TDP

DAAAAMN!

[TRUTHnTRINITY]

These are SoC chips guys so DDR4 is practically useless for a SoC based system.

[scaryjim]

4 cores 4 threads @ 6W TDP

DAAAAMN!

Arm chips have been doing 4 cores/4 threads with much lower TDPs than that for years. Nowt to see here, move along please

[DanceswithUnix]

Arm chips have been doing 4 cores/4 threads with much lower TDPs than that for years. Nowt to see here, move along please

Yes, I was thinking that even allowing for better IPC this looks like typical A57 performance yet the SOC costs more than an entire ARM based tablet. Surely people don't actually pay the $107 listed as the price???

[TRUTHnTRINITY]

Manufactures do not pay list price. They buy bulk and get a substantial discount for doing so lol

[scaryjim]

I wonder if Intel are going to be doing the same incentives/giveaways for these as they did with Bay Trail? Could be this is the price you pay if you don't sign up to Intel's standard development policies, but if you join the appropriate "support" scheme you get massive reductions. Wonder how restrictive those development policies are with regards to using competitor chips...?

[DanceswithUnix]

I wonder if Intel are going to be doing the same incentives/giveaways for these as they did with Bay Trail? Could be this is the price you pay if you don't sign up to Intel's standard development policies, but if you join the appropriate "support" scheme you get massive reductions. Wonder how restrictive those development policies are with regards to using competitor chips...?

I get the impression you pay the full price so that Intel can claim full revenue figures, and they then reimburse the company with development or marketing costs.

[GuidoLS]

Given that these chips (as presented) are all soldered on to the mb, and they're all BGA's, I seriously doubt there will be any sales to the general public, since there won't be anything they can do with them short of admiring the pretty packaging.

The desktop versions may be a standalone offering, but if the price point is low enough, I have no problem seeing them as soldered in to systems as well - think NUC devices like the Brix (although far lower specs), etc.

That pretty much means the only sales will not be just bulk, but job lots, so the actual pricing to oems will probably be closer to 1/2 the listed price in the chart, plus incentives.

As for the Chromebook price drops, that's sort of deceptive - the new line *starts* at $149 - and rises up to $500 - so there's plenty of room in that price range for a multitude of CPU's/SOC's.

[Brewster0101]

wondering how the graphics will perform on the Celeron N3150 - wonder if it will do the likes of Minecraft well on a laptop.

[Ryrynz]

wondering how the graphics will perform on the Celeron N3150 - wonder if it will do the likes of Minecraft well on a laptop.

Be a bit faster than current graphics on Bay Trail. So should be fine.