Architecture Silvermont x86 Predecessor BonnellSaltwell | Transistors 22 nm transistors | |
Silvermont is a microarchitecture for low-power Atom, Celeron and Pentium branded processors used in systems on a chip (SoCs) made by Intel. Silvermont forms the basis for a total of four SoC families:
Contents
- Design
- Technology
- Erratum
- Desktop processors Bay Trail D
- Server processors Avoton
- Communications processors Rangeley
- Embeddedautomotive processors Bay Trail I
- Mobile processors Bay Trail M
- Tablet processors Bay Trail T
- Smartphone processors Merrifield
- Smartphone processors Moorefield
- Desktop processors Braswell
- Mobile processors Braswell
- Tablet processors Cherry Trail
- References
Silvermont was announced to news media on May 6, 2013 at Intel's headquarters at Santa Clara, California. Intel had repeatedly said the first Bay Trail devices would be available during the Holiday 2013 timeframe, while leaked slides showed that the release window for Bay Trail-T as August 28 – September 13, 2013. Both Avoton and Rangeley were announced as being available in the second half of 2013. The first Merrifield devices were announced in 1H14.
Airmont is the 14 nm die shrink of Silvermont, launched in early 2015 and first seen in the Atom x7-Z8700 as used in the Microsoft Surface 3. Airmont microarchitecture includes the following SoC families:
Design
Silvermont was the first Atom processor to feature an out-of-order architecture.
Technology
Erratum
Intel revealed in its Q4 2016 quarterly report that there were quality issues in the C2000 product family, which had an effect on the financial performance of the company's Data Center Group that quarter. An erratum published by Intel state there is a defect in the chip's clock, and affected systems "may experience inability to boot or may cease operation". A workaround is available. The SoC failures are thought to have led to failures in Cisco and Synology products, though discussion of the C2000 as the root cause of failure has been reported to be under a non-disclosure agreement for many vendors.
Desktop processors (Bay Trail-D)
List of desktop processors as follows:
Server processors (Avoton)
List of server processors as follows:
Communications processors (Rangeley)
List of upcoming communications processors as follows:
Embedded/automotive processors (Bay Trail-I)
List of embedded processors as follows:
Mobile processors (Bay Trail-M)
List of mobile processors as follows:
Tablet processors (Bay Trail-T)
List of tablet and hybrid processors as follows:
Smartphone processors (Merrifield)
List of smartphone processors as follows:
Smartphone processors (Moorefield)
List of smartphone processors as follows:
Desktop processors (Braswell)
List of desktop processors as follows:
Mobile processors (Braswell)
List of mobile processors as follows:
Tablet processors (Cherry Trail)
List of smartphone and tablet processors as follows: