New processors from intel, for smartphone "cloverview +"

On Monday 25, the MWC of Barcelona officially opened its doors. Intel has revealed its new Atom-based processors, "Cloverview +" dual-core, intended for mobile phones.

Thanks to these new chips from Intel, we are moving towards smartphones with much higher performance than those that incorporate the chips of the previous generation. However, the battery consumption will not be as low as one could wish. Although it must be borne in mind that its consumption while not in use will be much better than Medfield. For this reason, the autonomy of the terminal will vary depending on the use we give it. In short, if we keep it at rest for a long time it will hold us long enough.

Z2580, Z2560 and Z2520 are the new Intel processors

They all have two PowerVR SGX 544 GPU cores. They continue with the 32nm architecture. Based on the same architecture as the previous Medfield generation, i.e. 32nm, the new Z2580, Z2560 and Z2520 will have 1.0 GHz, 1, 6 GHz and 1.2 GHz CPU respectively, accompanied by two PowerVR SGX 544 GPU cores.

These will be its main characteristics:

• Based on Saltwell micro-architecture. Manufactured with Intel's 32nm manufacturing process. Dual core capable of running up to 4 processing threads (HyperThreading). Operating frequencies up to 2GHz (Z2520 = 1.2GHz, Z2560 = 1.6GHz and Z2580 = 2GHz).Dual channel LPDDR2-1066 memory controller.Video PowerVR SGX544 MP2 (Z2520 = 300MHz, Z2560 = 400MHz and Z2580 = 533MHz Boost).Supports resolutions up to 1920 × 1200 (WUXGA).

As we see, in terms of microprocessor, Cloverview + represents a great improvement over Medfield, but very little over Cloverview; Although the biggest improvement is focused on the graphic aspect with its new IGP Imagination Technologies PowerVR SGX544 MP2, which must offer greater performance than the PowerVR SGX545 of its predecessor Cloverview.

Cloverview + is most likely the last Atom SoC based on the old Saltwell running architecture; The new Atom Valleyview SoC (Bay Trail platform) based on the new "Silvermont" out-of-order micro-architecture and manufactured at 22nm are expected to appear later this year.