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Intel quad-core 'ValleyView' system-on-a-chip coming
Intel's system-on-a-chip design for small devices is slated to go quad core.
Leaked Intel documents dated August 15 have appeared on a Chinese-language Web site that indicate Intel's next-generation system-on-a-chip (SoC) will be offered in configurations that include quad-core, a first for Intel's Atom chip design, according to a report at CPU World.
At the risk of wading too deeply into a codename quagmire, the Atom 22-nanometer architecture is dubbed "Silvermont" and the SoCs are referred to as "ValleyView."
The chips will also get punched-up graphics. ValleyView SoCs will integrate a graphics processing … Read more
