Microsoft’s HoloLens Is Apparently Powered By Intel’s Cherry Trail Atom Chipset

Last week we caught a glimpse at the future of wearables at Microsoft. The company announced the HoloLens wearable headset alongside Windows 10. For those who missed the announcement, the HoloLens basically brings holographic technology into a wearable headset that would supposedly revolutionize the way we play games or use our computers.

That being said, the HoloLens is kind of a like a computer on its own. It comes with its own GPU and CPU and interestingly enough according to the folks at PCWorld, the CPU in question is apparently that of an unreleased Intel Atom chipset that is based on Cherry Trail. Cherry Trail is the successor to Intel’s Bay Trail which is currently found and used in tablets and low-end PCs.

Cherry Trail, the successor, is said to be an improvement in terms of size, features, and speed, thus making it a perfect fit for the design of the HoloLens. It is also manufactured using the 14nm process. Intel is also expected to introduce gesture recognition capabilities to the Cherry Trail chipset, along with wireless charging which would mean that the HoloLens could ultimately be a device that could operate and charge without the need for wires/cables.

The HoloLens appears to be a prototype at the moment, although Microsoft had previously stated that they plan on launching it in the “Windows 10 timeframe”, so we guess we will learn more about the device and its innards closer to its actual release.

Tyler Lee
Categories: Gadgets
Tags: hololens, Intel, Microsoft, Wearable Tech