Intel Announces Clover Trail+ for Smartphones & Tablets
Intel's latest generation of Atom CPUs is expected to deliver groundbreaking performance and low power consumption
The new dual core Atom SoC (formerly known as Clover Trail+) is based on a 32 nm chip, features support for Hyper-Threading and will initially be available in three variants boasting clock rates of 2.0 GHz (Z2580), 1.6 GHz (Z2560) and 1.2 GHz (Z2520). Intel claims that the new chips will offer double the computing power and 3 times the graphics capabilities when compared to the Atom Z2460 platform.
Intel also expects the chip to deliver full 1080P hardware-accelerated video encode and decode at 30 fps, support for two cameras with panorama capture, 15 fps burst photography and mobile HDR with de-ghosting for clearer photos. The Atom SoC is compatible with displays of up to 1900 x 1200 (WUXGA), Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, Intel Wireless Display, HSPA+ at 42 MBps (with an Intel XMM6360 Modem) and the UltraViolet Common File Format.
Lenovo, Asus and ZTE have all announced plans to use the Atom SoC in 2013 and the former company has in fact announced that its upcoming IdeaPhone K900 will feature a Z2580 and the world's first 5.5" full high-definifition screen with a pixel density of 400+ PPI.
Considering that the company gas yet to make a deep impact in the mobile sphere, it will be interesting to see how this generation of Atom chips fare.
For more on these new chips, check out our analysis.

A couple more generations and a more modern production technology and Intel might have a viable product.
So who is looking for "OMG OMG MOAR POWAAAAR!!!" in smartphones, please show up and explain, what on earth are you doing with it.
“640K ought to be enough for anybody.” -Bill Gates (1981)
And for the time it was.
So which mega-duper-power-hungry-apps do you anticipate to use it with, so that "moar powaaar!" makes sense?
i think the clue there is in the year, i doubt you'll be using the same phone for 30 odd years. Its like ram atm, i could put 32gb of ram in my gaming rig if i wanted to but whats the point? i mean there is nothing at all that i do that would use all that at this time, maybe in like 4 or 5 years but by then i will have already upgraded (hopefully to DDR4 or w/e) Phones are the same, by the time that apps come out that use all that new power i will have already upgraded my phone. I still have a galaxy S which i use as my business phone and tbh i still havent found an app or anything that doesnt still work on it and its got ot be like 2 years old
Because without pushing the hardware, the software won't advance. Would you rather be lugging around a cellular brick from the '80's?
This must be the most incorrectly-used and incorrectly-quoted statement. Gates never said that, nor did he ever imply it. In fact, Gates often voiced opposition to the low amount of RAM that the systems at the time supported, and advocated for a larger RAM support for the chipsets.
Actually he did. Although he's been quoted both for saying that he never said it at all, and that what he meant by saying it (see the conflict there) was that at the time 640Kb was 10x as much memory as comparable systems had, and that he meant it would be enough for most people for at least 4-5 years ahead.
Technological advance is much faster today though. As performance increase on mobile platforms, software developers will exploit it and make ever more demanding applications. A platform that was top of the line 18 months ago, is only midrange by now.
I used the quote to make the point of the inane question of what I'd use it for. It's not a relevant question as progress right now almost dictate that if I don't have that power in a year or so, I am limited in my choice of applications.