San Francisco Bay Trail in Hayward Regional Shoreline (Image credit: Wikipedia)
When you read “Bay Trail†on tech sites or magazines, they are not talking about the San Francisco Bay Trail nor the Bay Trail in Melbourne.
Tech editors are referring to the Intel’s latest system-on-a-chip (SoC) processor family, codenamed “Bay Trailâ€.
Bay Trail is Intel’s most powerful processor to date for tablets and other mobile devices that provide balance of performance, features and battery life.
Bay Trail has 3 variants targeting different product segments: Bay Trail-T, Bay Traiy-M, Bay Trail-D.
You will learn about the features of each Bay Trail variant in this article.
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Bay Trail-T: Intel Atom Z3000 series
Bay Trail-T is now know as the Intel Atom Processor Z3000 Series (Z3770, Z3740). It is Intel’s most capable, high-performance SoC to-date for tablets and 2-in–1 device.
Build on 22nm microarchitecture, Intel Atom Z3000 is high performance yet low power consumption, up to 10 hours battery life. The SoC includes Intel Burst Technology 2.0 with 4 cores 4 threads and 2MB L2 cache.
Build-in Intel HD Graphics support resolution up to 2560×1600, dual displays, and Intel Wireless Display. DirectX 11 is supported for your gaming experience.
The highlight? Intel Atom Z3000 series (Bay Trail-T) supports both Windows 8 and Android operating systems – First in mobile platform solution.
Don’t be surprise when you see a slim and light Windows+Android device!
Bay Trail-M: Intel Pentium and Celeron for Mobile
Bay Trail-M line available in 4 SKU: Intel Pentium N3510, Intel Celeron N2910, N2810, and N2805 processors.
Bay Trail-M ability to power detachable & convertible devices, touch-enabled notebooks at lower price range. Starting from USD$199 for clamshell device (notebook), USD$250 for touch-enabled notebook and USD$349 for 2-in–1 device.
Comparing to previous Pentium and Celeron processors, Intel claims that Bay Trail-M has up to 3x faster performance in productivity applications and up to 3x graphic improvement. The battery life is up to 8 hours.
Bay Trail-D: Intel Pentium and Celeron for Desktops
Bay Trail-D available in 3 SKU: Intel Pentium J2850, Intel Celeron J1850, and Intel Celeron J1750.
They are Intel’s smallest-ever package for desktop processors. It is up to 3x faster performance than previous processors.
The ability to support fanless designs, make it ideal for small form factor entry-level desktop computer and intelligent digital displays.
System running on Bay Trail D will start at USD$199.
Intel Bay Trail family in a glance
Now you know the different Bay Trail family members (T, M, D):
Intel Bay Trail family
- Bay Trail-T (Intel Atom Z) has best performance, used in 2-in–1 and tablets. Support Windows and Android.
- Bay Trail-M (Pentium & Celeron N) is for entry-level notebook.
- Bay Trail-D (Pentium & Celeron J) is for entry-level small form factor and desktop.
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I love bay trail because of it’s reduced power consumption, this equates to it being able to run on laptops, etc for longer periods of time, and who doesn’t love a longer battery life.
Bay Trail is the latest range of processor from Intel. With 3 different product variants that cover 2 in 1 devices, tablet computers, notebooks and desktop PCs, Bay Trail is more powerful in overall performance, graphic and also has better battery life for your devices.
A new name to name it,very easy to remember because its a place name
Best performance, best size
Superior performance
I like it’s low power draw, while still stepping up to deliver faster performance
Because it offers great performance!
More choices in the mobile segment
Better performance.
I never heard about Bay Trial before… Thanks for sharing.
Hope I am the lucky one to have a chance to have it
Can have iPad battery life but notebook performance
hope to win it
I like Intel Bay Trail processor because it provides improved performance, features and battery life for tablets and processors.
Something new and refreshing:) Well Done!
what is interesting about Atom is they still can be pushed beyond their limit in terms of performance and power consumption
impeccable performance!