Last week, Intel announced its Bay Trail 14nm successor cores dubbed Braswell. Made for low-end desktops, PCs, and laptops, two dual core models and two quad core models exist in the current Braswell list, and will be marketed under the Celeron and Pentium brands. They are said to be lower in price than Core M Broadwell, with more performance than Atom Cherry Trail processors.

Now here's where all the technical talk comes in. Based on Intel's 14nm architecture, these models will be built on two or more 64-bit “Airmont” CPU cores, DDR3-1600 memory, an I/O chipset logic, and an Intel 8^th gen CPU. The Celeron N3000 and N3050 are the lower-end of the species, each only handling one processing thread and two CPU cores. The N3000 clocks in at 1.04GHz (base), at a thermal design power (TDP) of 4W, while the N3050 clocks in at 1.6GHz (base), at 6W TDP. The quad core choices, the Celeron N3150 and Pentium N3700, are in the same price bracket as the dual core, and both deliver a base clock speed of 1.6GHz, and 6W TDP (The Register).

Prices are the same for all three Celeron models, just $107, while the Pentium piece goes for $161. They aren't likely to perform as power houses, as that wasn't what they were made for. But they will limit in drawing power, which is good for battery life and bulky cooling systems. It will be interesting to see how and where these new Braswell cores will be used first, as Intel has hinted at a back-to-school time release.