intel braswell | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Tue, 03 Jan 2017 22:52:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png intel braswell | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Asustor AS3104T 4-bay NAS review https://www.kitguru.net/professional/networking/simon-crisp/asustor-as3104t-4-bay-nas-review/ https://www.kitguru.net/professional/networking/simon-crisp/asustor-as3104t-4-bay-nas-review/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2016 09:56:27 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=303923 The AS3104T is the bigger sibling of the 2-bay AS3102T we reviewed recently. With four bays and a dual-core Celeron processor, the AS3104T is marketed by Asustor as an “all-around multimedia entertainment storage solution” and like the AS3102T it forms part of Asustor's Personal to Home product line.   The Asustor AS3104T is a tool …

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The AS3104T is the bigger sibling of the 2-bay AS3102T we reviewed recently. With four bays and a dual-core Celeron processor, the AS3104T is marketed by Asustor as an “all-around multimedia entertainment storage solution” and like the AS3102T it forms part of Asustor's Personal to Home product line.

 

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The Asustor AS3104T is a tool free design (cover and drive bays) and is powered by an Intel Celeron N3050 processor – a 14nm dual-core CPU with a clock speed of 1.6GHz (up to 2.16GHz burst) backed by 2GB of DDR3L memory. The memory is soldered to the motherboard so if you feel you need more, you're out of luck.

The hardware acceleration engine supports H.264 (AVC), H.265 (HEVC), MPEG-4 Part 2, MPEG-2 and VC-1 standards.

Asustor quote performance figures for the AS3104T in a RAID 5 array as over 112 MB/s for both reads and writes. The encryption engine offers performance figures of over 112MB/s for reads and writes at over 71MB/s when dealing with encrypted data.

Specifications

  • Intel Braswell CPU.
  • Built in AES-NI hardware encryption engine.
  • 2GB memory.
  • HDMI 1.4b multimedia output (4K, 1080p).
  • Tool free design.
  • 3-year warranty.

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Specifications of Intel ‘Braswell’ revealed, but chips to be delayed https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/specifications-of-intel-braswell-revealed-but-chips-to-be-delayed/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/cpu/anton-shilov/specifications-of-intel-braswell-revealed-but-chips-to-be-delayed/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2014 23:05:19 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=208548 Intel Corp.’s code-named “Braswell” microprocessors promise to offer increased performance and improved feature-set to entry-level desktop PCs next year. Unfortunately, actual configurations or performance estimates for the “Braswell” chips have never been released. A good news is that thanks to an unofficial report we now know what to expect from the “Braswell” family, but a …

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Intel Corp.’s code-named “Braswell” microprocessors promise to offer increased performance and improved feature-set to entry-level desktop PCs next year. Unfortunately, actual configurations or performance estimates for the “Braswell” chips have never been released. A good news is that thanks to an unofficial report we now know what to expect from the “Braswell” family, but a bad news is that the processors will be delayed.

As expected, “Braswell” system-on-chips will integrate two or four x86 cores based on the “Airmont” micro-architecture (Intel’s second-generation low-power architecture with out-of-order execution) as well as an eighth-generation graphics core (similar to that inside the “Haswell” chips) with 16 execution units, reports CPU-World web-site. The “Braswell” SoC will also feature 1MB or 2MB L2 cache, a dual-channel DDR3 memory controller, a security engine as well as modern I/O interfaces. Both x86 and graphics core of the “Braswell” processors will support “burst” mode.

Architecturally, the “Braswell” system-on-chips resemble existing Atom “Bay Trail-D” products, so expect tangible, but not dramatic, performance improvements thanks to better micro-architecture, higher clock-rates as well as “burst” mode that dynamically increases frequencies when performance is needed. Besides, 14nm process technology will also lower power consumption of the “Braswell” chips.

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Originally Intel implied that the “Braswell” chips would hit the market in the first quarter of 2015, but then reports about slight delays emerged. CPU-World now reports that current RTS [ready to ship] dates of Braswell microprocessors are June – August, 2015. It is explained that the setback is caused by slower than expected sample validation.

Intel did not comment on the story.

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KitGuru Says: Keeping in mind that Intel has had a fair amount of problems with general-purpose 14nm process technology, it will not be a surprise that the company is also fixing its 14nm SoC fabrication process to improve yields. At least, if you delay shipments from January to August, it just does not look like this is only because of “slower than expected sample validation.”

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Intel reveals code-named ‘Braswell’ microprocessors for low-cost PCs https://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/anton-shilov/intel-reveals-code-named-braswell-microprocessors-for-low-cost-pcs/ https://www.kitguru.net/desktop-pc/anton-shilov/intel-reveals-code-named-braswell-microprocessors-for-low-cost-pcs/#respond Thu, 03 Apr 2014 22:27:05 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=185835 Intel Corp. this week revealed the name of its new-generation code-named Braswell system-on-chip that will power upcoming value notebooks and desktops. The new chip will be made using a leading-edge process technology and will combine relatively high performance, small footprint, low power consumption and low cost. Intel did not reveal a lot of information regarding …

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Intel Corp. this week revealed the name of its new-generation code-named Braswell system-on-chip that will power upcoming value notebooks and desktops. The new chip will be made using a leading-edge process technology and will combine relatively high performance, small footprint, low power consumption and low cost.

Intel did not reveal a lot of information regarding Braswell, except the fact that it will succeed the Bay Trail-series processors in various mobile and portable devices. But here is what we do know: the chip will be made using 14nm fabrication process and will belong to the Atom family of highly-integrated system-on-chips. Since the chip is to be manufactured using 14nm process technology, expect it to be based on the code-named Airmont x86 micro-architecture and feature Intel’s high-performance integrated graphics, e.g., Iris-series.

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Basically, the Braswell looks like a higher-performing version of the code-named Cherry Trail chip for media tablets. So expect higher core-count, larger caches, higher clock-rates, improved graphics horsepower and so on.

The Braswell will be aimed mostly at low-cost notebooks, Chromebooks, affordable desktops and other systems that cannot integrate Intel’s higher-performing Core i-series chips.
Intel’s Kirk Skaugen declined to reveal when the new chip code-named Braswell is expected to arrive, but it is logical to expect it to show up on the market either late in 2014, or early in 2015.

KitGuru Says: Last year Intel announced plans to accelerate its Atom roadmap, speed up introductions of new low-power/low-cost products as well as to make those chips using leading-edge process technologies. By now, Intel should have a lot of interesting x86 (e.g., energy-efficient Airmont and Goldmont x86 cores)  and graphics solutions (low-power graphics, high-performance graphics, PowerVR graphics) up in its sleeve and it can relatively easily and quickly design SoCs to respond to market needs. Therefore, the Braswell could be a tip of an iceberg here with more interesting solutions in the pipeline.

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