Intel Delays Production of Broadwell Chips until 2014

Updated: October 16, 2013

Intel has run into a bit of a setback on the development of their new “Broadwell” chip design, pushing the production date of the chips a quarter further away from their originally planned time frame of Q4 2013.

Current chips in development had density defects that were affecting the processor’s performance, and the usual fixes for this kind of issue did not lead to the levels of performance Intel was hoping for.

While new fixes have now been made that do address the Broadwell’s problems, the time it has taken has lead to the current delay, which all things considered isn’t that far back from most people’s initial estimates of the processors wide release, looking to now be around Q3 of 2014.

The Broadwell is a smaller version of the current Haswell design, sizing in at a micro architecture of 14 nm, which is the smallest ever produced. It’s worth noting that while these issues have slightly delayed the release of Broadwell, Intel claims that this has had zero influence over the development of “Skylake”, the current project name for Haswell’s proper successor.

Source: Tech Spot

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rawlston clarke

I dont know if i should be excited about this especially since haswell hasn’t really jumped out at me performance wise but ill wait on the review when it arrives
- Troy Smith
  
  Broadwell is a low power chip and is directed at tablets and laptop, i don’t think this chip will be a powerhouse
  - rawlston clarke
    
    yea i got that from the article and its interesting to me because i currently use my laptop to do everything and also i realize that tech is getting more efficient at least towards the phones so it can end up being a game changer but we wont know until Elric has it in hand for a full review
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GamerLCD

Not sure why we need smaller and smaller chips. Smaller chips means more heat. I’ve noticed that heat is increasing more and more from Sandy to Ivy, to haswell.

We need more power not less.
- Gerald Liu
  
  Moore’s Law
  - Danny Hanner
    
    Intel should be obeying Moore’s law, and add more cores. 4 Cores is dated even if it is for commercial usage. #GiveMeTheCard
- Ze Übermensch
  
  A smaller manufacturing process means less heat, as the power doesn’t have to travel through as large of an area with smaller components, resulting in less leakage and lower thermal dissipation.
  #givemethecard
- Archeval
  
  Like it has been said before smaller manufacturing process means less heat because there is less to physically heat up, it’s the chip density that creates heat, what you’re referring to is that with smaller manufacturing processes it allows for a higher density of chips which means higher heat
khangdan1992

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fernando peguero

#givemethecard why why we have to wait more why :’(
nick sprenkels

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Efrain Gallardo

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Tom Pang

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Dino

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PSFORCE

14 nm? WOW, awesome
Mansilhas,

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MaxxEnergy

#givemethecard Have they released any specs of what the Broadwell chip can do? If it’s smaller and more powerful wouldn’t that mean that it’d be better for mobile?
Robert Eichouh

A smaller manufacturing process means less heat, as the power doesn’t have to travel through as large of an area with smaller components, resulting in less leakage and lower thermal dissipation.
#givemethecard
Anish Abraham

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motherboard days, moved over to ToT when you did too!

I love the new
intros, though it would be great if you could bring more of your music!
it’s what made me subscribe in the first place.. it wasn’t just an
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Leon

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Alio

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http://www.youtube.com/user/DarthRavan2012 Kevin Brennan

Personally, i still prefer the AMD CPU’s because of the Price and Performance but hope Intel really solved there little Issue there because without them AMD would more then likely raise their Prices. #givemethecard
lukesky

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Mohamed Khalifa

I still have an ivy bridge #givemethecard
Greg Reavis

14nm is awesome but I would like to see a performance upgrade greater than the one between ivy bridge and haswell.
FesojNagod

#givemethecard
Max

#givemethecard and the intel broadwell
josav09

GTX760 FTW #givemethecard
Daniel Brian Sanchez

Interesting Article!

Too bad I’m not an Intel fanboy to care much but it still makes for an interesting article nevertheless!

#givemethecard!
Sean Smith

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Why am I typing this, and what does it mean? ^ I still want the card, though….
Nick DiPalmo

I have a feeling AMD will be competition for the Broadwell when their new chips are released. #givemethecard
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Danny Hanner

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Babatunde Omodayo

Interesting…