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Intel exec confirms $200 Android devices, Core CPUs in $399 machines

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:39:19 +0100

Intel chief product officer Dadi Pelmutter has reiterated how $200 Bay Trail Android devices are coming, while Intel is hoping to bring mainstream Core-powered machines down to $399 Read more...

Intel CEO: future Atom-powered Windows tablets will start at $200

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:47:00 +0100

According to Intel's CEO future Atom-powered Windows 8 tablets will have a very low starting price: $200. The new Atom Bay Trail chips will also offer great performance and long battery life. Read more...

Intel reveals more about Atom-based Bay Trail chip for Windows 8.1 tablets

John Callaham — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:42:21 +0100

Intel has offered up more information about their next Atom processor, code named Bay Trail, that should be inside some Windows 8.1 tablets when it is launched later this year. Read more...

Intel reveals new Atom chips for smartphones and tablets

John Callaham — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:04:00 +0000

Intel has officially announced new dual core versions of its low powered Atom processor, previously known as Clover Trail+, that's been designed to work on Android smartphones and tablets. Read more...

Say hello to Lenovo's 5.5” Intel Atom IdeaPhone K900

Andrew Stevenson — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:23:50 +0000

Lenovo has lifted the lid on the successor to the K800 Intel powered smartphone, the IdeaPhone K900. Powered by the newest 2GHz dual-core Atoms, this 5.5” monster will debut in China in April. Read more...

Netbooks: R.I.P. 2007-2013

John Callaham — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:09:51 +0000

The two PC makers that were still offering netbook-style notebooks for sale, Acer and Asus, have both announced they won't be making those models anymore and will sell off their remaining netbooks. Read more...

Intel to add Android 4.1 support for its Atom processors

John Callaham — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 06:44:02 +0100

Intel claims it will be adding support for Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) to the few smartphones and tablets on the market that use both Android and Intel's Atom processor. Read more...

Intel wants to be inside Windows Phone

Tyler Holman — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 23:37:07 +0100

Intel could be inside your Windows Phone before too long. Although the market isn't quite there just yet, Intel says they're ready to support Windows Phone devices with their Atom chips. Read more...

Intel Windows 8 tablets in stores in November

Andy Weir — Mon, 14 May 2012 02:13:47 +0100

With Windows 8's launch fast approaching, interest is growing in the devices that will run the new OS. A source claims that the first Intel-based Windows 8 tablets will be in stores in November. Read more...

HP to use ARM-based processors for new server program

John Callaham — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 03:07:58 +0000

HP breaks away, at least partly, from Intel-based processors as it announces a new low energy server project that will use ARM-designed processors from Calxeda as its basis. Read more...

Sony set to launch Google TV in May

Tom Warren — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:10:01 +0100

Bloomberg reports that Sony is planning to introduce new TVs with Intel chips and Google software next month. According to the report, Sony and Google plan to discuss the new products at a conference sponsored by... Read more...

Intel to release dual-core Atoms this quarter after profits soar over 400%

Matt Blowes — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:50:32 +0100

Intel will be releasing the highly anticipated dual-core Atom processor this quarter. The announcement comes after the chip maker had an over 400% profit rise for the first quarter this year compared to the same... Read more...

Netbook sales see large drop in growth

giga — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 02:47:56 +0100

Often heralded as the next big thing in consumer computing, netbook shipments saw a sharp decline in sales growth for the first quarter of 2010. IDC, a market research firm, reports that retail shipments of... Read more...

Intel launches redesigned Atom chip for netbooks

Matthew Hopson — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:12:45 +0000

Chip maker Intel has announced the launch of their new Atom processor chips and NM10 chipset for netbooks. In a first for Intel, the new chip Previously referred to as "Pine Trail", sees the graphics... Read more...

Gigabyte GC230D Atom Mini-ITX motherboard review

Julio Franco — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 11:03:19 +0100

Out of curiosity, I recently ran some power consumption tests on my own PC, which admittedly uses the latest hardware available in the market. The results were somewhat disturbing, sucking down about 300 watts at... Read more...

Intel's Dual-core Atom for Sale, Supply 'very Limited'

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:47:58 +0100

Tranquil PC, of the U.K., is taking preorders for a home server based on the dual-core version of Intel's Atom processor that will be available on Sept. 30, but said supply of the system is... Read more...

Intel drops Centrino Atom brand after five months

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:39:03 +0100

Intel has dropped the Centrino Atom brand after just five months, opting instead to use just the Atom brand across this part of its product line. "Basically, we are simplifying and coalescing our efforts around... Read more...

PC vendors pessimistic about MIDs

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:23:14 +0100

Although Intel is aggressively pushing MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices) and its Centrino Atom platform, PC vendors still feel pessimistic about the market's future. The increasing demand for 7- to 10-inch netbooks and declining worldwide economy... Read more...

Intel Atom 230 ultra low-power desktop CPU Review

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:24:30 +0100

We recently reviewed Asus' Eee PC 901, which uses the new 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor. Atom uses the same 45nm technology that you'll find in the latest 'Penryn' Core 2 CPUs and it packs... Read more...

Scientists Develop 'Thinnest Material Ever,' One Atom Thick

Slimy — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 01:12:21 +0000

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British-based scientists have created graphene, supposedly the thinnest material in the world: a one atom thick layer of carbon formed in hexagonal gropus. The substance, which is about 200,000 thinner than a human hair, was... Read more...