With previous speculations setting the 12-inch Macbook Air release date by October of this year, news of Intel's delayed production of Broadwell chips pushes back 12-inch Macbook Air release to a few months, possibly to 2015.
The Broadwell chips set to add power to the 12-inch Macbook Air is created by Intel and is characterized as a 14-nanometer die shrink following the Haswell microarchitecture, according to SemiAccurate. This chip is used together with the Intel 9 series chipsets that demonstrate accuracy and speed, based on Intel's "tick-tock" principle.
However, due to the high demand of the chip, Intel released information that delayed production was experienced early this year. Although production is currently up-and-running, the 12-inch Macbook Air release date has been pushed back. With October 2014 as the initial release, now the 12-inch Macbook Air release date has been moved to an indefinite 2015.
Brian Krzanich, Chief Executive for Intel shared in conference call on the matter of delay: "We said we would have products on shelves for the holiday season and we continue to work with our partners and we're on schedule to have production on shelf in the holiday."
As the 12-inch Macbook Air will come out with retina display that is power-consuming, use of the new Broadwell chips will increase the battery life of the 12-inch Macbook Air by almost 30 percent. It has also been reported by bgr.com early this year that the Broadwell chips allow the Macbook Air to operate fanless. This makes for a better portable device that does not sacrifice the display.
Apart from the retina display and improved battery life, the 12-inch Macbook Air release date set for 2015 is also expected to come out slightly less pricey compared with its predecessors. This makes for a relatively fine product, that has continually been developed to accommodate customer's needs and remains easy on the pocket.
