Quad-Core CPUs in Half of All Notebooks in 2015
Quad-core processors appear to finally due to enter the mainstream in mobile computers, according to a forecast released by IHS iSuppli.
About 49 percent all notebooks shipped in 2015 are predicted to come with quad-core processors, up from 9 percent this year. The market research firm estimates that 160 million notebooks in 2015 will offer four cores, compared to just 21.2 million in 2011.
“The cornerstone of PC performance, the microprocessor, is continuing to evolve to provide new levels of performance to the PC market,” said Matthew Wilkins, principal analyst at IHS. "The battle now has moved from the dual-core segment into the quad-core area—and next will spread to the six-core realm.”
As hexa-core processors are also entering the notebook market, the quad-core CPU will be the norm and make up the clear majority of the notebook market. IHS iSuppli believes that 18 percent of notebooks will integrate six processing cores.
The market research firm also offered an outlook for heterogeneous microprocessors in notebooks that place a GPU on the processor die. The company predicts a rapid adoption and expects 90 percent of notebooks sold in 2015 to use this technology.
Pssh, battery! We all know that notebooks in 2015 will be ran on a small nuclear reactor
Pssh, battery! We all know that notebooks in 2015 will be ran on a small nuclear reactor
Agreed. Though they would be on 16nm. Since you get a doubling of transistors every node, you would get a quadrupling every other node and that would make it exactly half the half-pitch. So to figure out the upcoming node, you would simply take the node before the current one and half it (ie half of 32 is 16)
Edit: Although, I think it will be earlier than 2015.
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The whole point of technology is to push the boundaries and make things better.
If we were to simply stop innovating or pushing hardware, then the entire market will get stale.
I don't just play games, I do a lot of work that would utilize all those cores so it's important from my point of view.
"One core to rule the all"
That's great and all but if you don't have the technology to post better battery life with a quad core mobile device then it becomes more of an annoyance then a convenience of having Quad Cores in a mobile device.
Nooo...Think about it. Intel will be at 16nm, AMD will still be at 22.
Also, 2015 should have 6-8 cores in half of all laptops. Most of the bulldozer chips coming out will be 8-core designs, which means that the laptops will integrate them shortly afterwards, and intel won't take that sitting down.
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