May 9th, 2011
Fudzilla reports that the chips we’ve been calling ‘Ceder Trail’ will actually be called the Intel Atom N2600 and N2800. The new chips will replace the Atom N4xx and N5xx chips that dominate the netbook space today and feature 32nm design (current Atom chips are built with a 45nm process) which reduces power consumption while offering similar or better performance.
The Intel Atom N2800 will be a dual core 1.86 GHz chip with a TDP of 6.5 watts. It will feature GMA 5650 graphics running at 640 MHz. The chip supports 64-bit operating systems and DDR3 memory. Intel will also launch an Atom N2600 single core version with lower power consumption.
The Intel Atom N2600 and N2800 chips are expected to launch during the fourth quarter of 2011.
May 5th, 2011
The Toshiba NB520 netbook is now shipping in the UK and TechRadar have the first review I’ve seen posted. You might remember that this netbook has some nicer than normal harman/kardon speakers, and TechRadar reports they sound as good as their name suggests. The review highlights that the Toshiba NB520 gets a good 10 hours of run time, which is certainly on the better end fo the scale, especially for a dual core machine.
The netbook features a 1.5 GHz Intel Atom N550 processor, 1GB of RAM, and a 250GB hard drive. It has a 10 inch display and runs Windows 7 Starter Edition. It was first unveiled in December, but this is the first English-language review of the laptop I’ve seen.
The Toshiba NB520 is currently available for £285.49 from Amazon.co.uk.
May 4th, 2011
Brad at Liliputing got his hands on one of Asus’s latest 12″ netbooks – the Asus Eee PC 1215B . It’s a larger netbook with a 12.1 inch display and the new AMD Fusion processor. The Fusion powered machine comes in at $379 in theStates, which is a little more than the typical netbook, but mekes up for that with higher performance graphics, a higher resolution display, a larger keyboard, and Windows 7 Home Premium instead of Starter Edition.
The model Brad is testing is the $449 version which has a dual core 1.6 GHz AMD E-350 processor coupled with Radeon HD 6310 graphics. The entry level model has a slower 1 GHz AMD C-50 dual core CPU and Radeon HD 6250 graphics.
Although the Eee PC 1215B is not shipping yet in the UK, you can pick up the dual core Intel powered Asus Eee PC 1215P here for £447.33.
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May 2nd, 2011
The Samsung Sliding PC 7 Series is a 10 inch Windows 7 tablet, but unusually for a tablet is has a slide-out keyboard that tucks away behind the screen, allowing you to use the tablet more like a netbook. In the US, Amazon.com is taking pre-orders for $649
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The computer has an Intel Atom Z670 Oak Trail processor, 2GB of RAM, a 32GB solid state disk, and runs Windows 7 Home Premium. It has front and rear cameras, and 802.11b/g/n WiFi. The 10 inch display has a 1366 x 768 pixel screen resolution, and the Sliding PC 7 Series measures about 0.8 inches thick and weighs 2.2 pounds.
The tablet is expected to ship later this month.
via Tablet Reviews UK
May 2nd, 2011
AnandTech has snagged some details about Intel’s upcoming Cedar Trail platform which is apparently on track to launch during the fourth quarter of the year.
The new Intel Atom D2500 will be a dual core 1.86 GHz chip with support for DDR3 memory, DirectX 10.1 graphics and support for Blu-ray video, and a TDP of 10 watts. The Atom D2700 will be a faster chip with a 2.13 GHz clock speed, but the same 10W TDP. However, it appears that these are the desktop variants of Intel’s Cedar Trail platform, since Intel tends to start desktop chip names with D. Notebook chips are usually labeled with an N or Z.
Both chips are 32nm processors with the CPU and graphics core on the same chip.
