Filip Novotny The American manufacturer Intel presented a sample PC built on the upcoming Broadwell Core M processor. This chip, produced by the 14nm process, is focused mainly on compactness and the ability to function without active cooling.
The newly introduced prototype takes the form of a 12,5-inch tablet with an additional keyboard, and Intel says in a press release that it expects similar devices from a number of established manufacturers in the future. However, this does not mean that the new Broadwell cannot also appear in a laptop. Namely, Apple's MacBook Air could only gain thanks to Broadwell.
Intel's reference device does not need to be cooled by a fan and can thus remain completely silent even under the highest load. That certainly cannot be said about the MacBook Air. Thanks to the absence of active cooling, Apple's thin notebooks could also become slimmer - Intel's sample tablet is a few tenths of a millimeter thinner than the iPad Air.
In addition to these advantages, Broadwell carries with it one more, no less important. The upcoming chip is the least energy-intensive processor from the Intel Core series. And it is the extension of battery life that Apple - at least as far as laptops are concerned - is giving more and more importance.
While the California company may be considering using a new processor in future generations of MacBooks, some competing manufacturers are already clear. The first device that will use Broadwell is already being prepared by the Taiwanese manufacturer Asus, whose ultra-thin Transformer Book T300 Chi should appear on the market soon.
Maybe apple could already use it in the new airs in the fall :)
due to the cooperation between intel and apple, it is not impossible at all .. the dawn is de facto around the corner :-D and considering the cooling, there is probably no risk of a silent replacement like with hasswell :)
I would be happy for it if that were the case :D :) I want to buy a macbook air for college and it wouldn't be bad to have it with this processor already :)