Intel Atom chips to hit 14nm by 2014

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011...8:03 am

Facing strong competition from ARM based processors, Intel is stepping up production of its next-generation Atom chips. While the company has dominated the netbook space with its line of low power Atom processors for the last few years, Intel has been working to reduce power consumption of its chips while increasing performance, and now Intel CEO Paul Otellini says the company is redrawing its roadmap.

The current Intel processors are based on a 45nm process and we’ll see more efficient 32nm “Medfield” chips next year, 32nm “Silvermont” chips in 2013, and 14nm “Airmont” chips in 2014.

EE Times reports that Intel is focusing on efficiency. For example a current processor with a power consumption, measured at a TDP of 40W can be cut to 15W with the upcoming 22nm chips which could lead to much longer battery life for next-generation notebooks and high-end slate computers.