Intel: our new Merrifield chip leaves the Snapdragon 800 standing


Intel's Mobile World Congress got off to a flyer with the announcement of an all-new Atom processor, the Z34XX or 'Merrifield'.


The Merrifield, which will see use in smartphones, tablets and small mobile computers, is a system-on-chip offering a bevy of performance and feature benefits over the Clover Trail+ Atom chip it's replacing. It's 64-bit, for one thing, and comes with a built-in sensor that measures motion, gestures, location and sound without putting too much drain on the battery.


Intel claims the Z3480 Merrifield delivers up to twice the web app performance of Qualcomm's Snapdragon 800, beats Qualcomm's best quad-core CPU in general app performance (despite being dual-core), and offers better battery life on equivalent Android phones.


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