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Atom Price Cut Coming
Intel’s Atom has hardly ever been overpriced, and in fact, one of the selling features of the low power chip has been the price. Typically, Intel cuts the price of an older chip when the new one debuts, you know, to match the performance to the price. The next gen’ Atom chips are under the codename [...]
Continue reading...Rumored Atom Honeycomb Tablet
24. May 2011 | by Jonas
The lines keep blurring in the portable device space, and now one more blur is rumored. Android gear typically is run on ARM based processors, and Intel Atoms run Windows as their OS, and occasionally Linux. This is why the plan for Windows 8 to run on ARM chips is a big deal and a [...]
Continue reading...Beyond the Next Gen for Intel’s Atom
18. May 2011 | by Jonas
Recently, Intel was laying out their roadmap for the Atom processor that powers most netbooks. Well, maybe pride goest before the fall, but they have revealed that next up is Cedar Trail, and in 2013, Silvermont based on a 22 nm process. This will also incorporate the new Tri-Gate transistors that promise a nice performance [...]
Continue reading...Next Gen Atom- “Silvermont”
While the next generation Atom is Cedar Trail, there is a glimpse into what is happening beyond it. The code name is Silvermont, and at this a point a few details are known. These include that it will ship in 2013, be built on a 22 nm process, and utilize that new Tri-Gate transistors that [...]
Continue reading...Chromebook
11. May 2011 | by Jonas
At the second day of the Google I/O conference, their newest product was debuted, along with their hardware partners Acer and Samsung. While it is early to say, it is most certainly a glimpse into a new model of computing. The idea here is that these devices will run Google’s Chrome browser as their operating system. [...]
Continue reading...Netbook Rules 2.0
10. May 2011 | by Jonas
Netbooks were born and bred to be cheap and limited. Nobody wanted them to replace traditional notebooks, and especially at the cheaper prices, so a max of a 10.1″ screen and 1 GB of RAM have been what it is. However, lately netbooks have been getting their butts kicked in sales by tablets, so the [...]
Continue reading...HP Mini 210
9. May 2011 | by Jonas
HP introduced a bunch of new products today, and their HP Mini 210 is their latest netbook. However, while it just got introduced, it seems like last year’s model on Woot. It has the standard 10.1″ display, with 1 GB of RAM and a 250 GB hard drive which all make it clearly a prototypical netbook. [...]
Continue reading...Intel Atom Chip News
4. May 2011 | by Jonas
It’s been a little quiet in chips lately, and today I spotted two items of interest. The first is some detail on the Cedar Trail, which is slated to be released for Q4 2011. Designed to replace the current Atom N5xx series is the N2800 which features a 1.86 GHz clock speed and dual cores. It [...]
Continue reading...Samsung Sliding PC 7 Series
2. May 2011 | by Jonas
Samsung had come out with their 9 series of notebooks, and they are one of a few notebooks that can rival the MacBook Air in terms of sleekness. While it may please the Windows camp, unfortunately the price tag is up in Apple territory. It was promised that their would be a lower grade 7 [...]
Continue reading...Samsung “Alex”
Some particulars have been spotted on the Samsung Chrome OS netbook, going by the code name “Alex,” at least for now. The chip is the Intel Atom N550, which is a dual core part. The RAM is 2 GB, and the hard drive is a SanDisk SSD, although the capacity is unknown. The display resolution is [...]
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26. May 2011 | by Jonas
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