With the release of its new 8-inch Encore tablet, Toshiba is expected to provide the first glimpse of Intel's new Atom chip, the Bay Trail-T, powering Windows 8.1, industry sources say.
Bay Trail is a complete redesign of the Atom chip and offers performance that comes closer to Intel's mainstream processors, such as its Celeron and Pentium lines -- roughly twice the performance of the current "Clover Trail" Atom.
Many of the Bay Trail-based tablets are expected to come with the quad-core variant of the Bay Trail processor.
The tablets will offer all this as well as better battery life than what is generated with the Clover Trail Atom, which comes on Windows 8 tablets.
This will be one of the first products sporting Windows 8.1; the RTM code hasn't been released to the general public yet. That will happen in October.
Toshiba is expected to show off the Encore tablet at IFA in Berlin.
Expect many more Bay Trail-based tablets and hybrids in the coming months after Intel highlights the new chip at its annual conference next week.