Intel previews 4.5W Y-series Core chips for fanless tablets

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/06/tabletfanless.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/23/intel-fanless-y-series-core-chips/)Intel teased us with the prospect of a fanless Haswell chip (http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/04/intel-teases-fanless-core-processor-tablet-at-computex/) back at Computex (http://www.engadget.com/event/computex2013/articles/), but it didn't say just how it would achieve such a feat. Now we know: it's introducing more energy-efficient versions of the Y-series Core processors that were announced earlier this year. The new chips consume as little as 4.5W in a typical scenario, letting them run in tablets and detachable convertibles (http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/07/intel-north-cape-haswell-reference-design-eyes-on/) without the fans needed by their 6W peers. Don't expect blistering performance at this reduced power level, however. While Intel isn't divulging clock speeds just yet, the 4.5W Y-series chips have the same 11.5W thermal design power rating as their 6W siblings -- they'll still need active cooling to perform at their best. The company also isn't providing ship dates or naming customers, although it does promise that the extra-miserly Core CPUs should be available in the "coming months." We have an idea (http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/06/hp-fanless-intel-haswell-tablet/) as to who might be interested.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/23/intel-fanless-y-series-core-chips/