Intel introduces 'Bay Trail,' a quad-core Atom-based processor for tablets

Intel's just introduced a brand new quad-core Atom-based processor specifically meant for tablets, codenamed "Bay Trail." As you can see in the slide above, it's a 22nm chip that promises double the performance of current-gen Atom processors. It'll be available in tablets starting in holiday 2013. Details are light at the moment, but we expect we'll see Bay Trail show up in a variety of tablets across the coming year; leaks from earlier this year actually offered more detail than Intel did this afternoon. A press release from Intel following the presser also detailed some increased security settings in Bay Trail without going into specifics.

Keep an eye on our continuing CES 2013 coverage to see what comes of Bay Trail this week, if anything, and another on our liveblog for Intel's news as it hits live.

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