Today at Mobile World Congress, Intel launched its latest dual-core 64-bit mobile processor, Merrifield, and spilled some of the beans on its upcoming follow-up, the quad-cored Moorefield. Now they’re just looking for some devices to jump into.
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Acer beat rivals to the punch with an 8-inch Windows 8 tablet, the Iconia W3, but it’s already time for its replacement, the Acer Iconia W4, to be revealed. Set to deliver Windows 8.1 on an Intel Atom 1.8GHz processor sometime this month, the $330 tablet isn’t exactly a huge surprise, and nor is the W3′s […]
Earlier today, Intel’s CEO Brian Krzanich made the company’s third-quarter earnings call, revealing additional information during the time including word that the Broadwell chip has been delayed a quarter. In addition to that, the executive also talked about the Bay Trail chips, detailing their sizable arrival in the next handful of weeks. The devices are […]
Dell has taken the wraps off two new tablets in its resurrected Venue range, the Venue 8 Pro and Venue 11 Pro running Windows 8.1. The Venue 8 Pro puts Windows 8.1 on an 8-inch HD IPS touchscreen with an optional digitizer pen and the chance to add integrated LTE, with Intel Atom Baytrail under […]
There have been persistent rumors of an upgraded Acer Iconia W3 tablet with an IPS display and, quite possibly, a faster Bay Trail-based processor. Those rumors are now reality, as Bouweenpc.nl has just tried an unannounced Iconia W4 at an Intel event. True to expectations, the 8-inch device was carrying both the new 1.33GHz Atom Z3740 processor and a much improved “wide view angle” (read: IPS) screen. Not much else may change, however — the pre-release slate still carried the W3’s 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage. Given that the W4 is running Windows 8.1, we wouldn’t be surprised if it reaches the market sometime around the Windows update’s launch in October. Check out Bouweenpc.nl‘s hands-on video after the break.
Source: Bouweenpc.nl (translated)
Alt-week takes a look at the best science and alternative tech stories from the last seven days.
This week’s alternative roundup focuses on exploration, experimentation and discovery — both on land and in space. Here on Earth, Cornell’s stumbled upon a new glass that breaks records and researchers in Europe have discovered an insect with cob wheel-styled gear joints for movement. Meanwhile, above our atmosphere, NASA’s Hubble telescope made a large discovery of its own. This is alt-week.
Today Intel has revealed their plans for the Bay Trail collection of Atom Z3000 Series Processors, making clear that they’re aiming for devices that are small but powerful. This line of SoC is headed for tablets, phones, and everything in-between packing Intel’s newest Silvermont architecture for next-generation processing finesse. This is not Intel’s first move […]
Just a couple of months ago, Intel’s new 4th generation processors helped laptops get a whole lot better
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Intel barely existed on the mobile scene two years ago, and yet the company’s Clover Trail chips for low-power tablets and hybrids have already had a huge impact on the Windows PC market — not least by rendering Windows for ARM (aka Windows RT) largely redundant. But Clover Trail’s performance in devices like the Acer Iconia W3 or Lenovo IdeaTab Lynx is far from perfect, especially with Windows 8 desktop applications and anything that involves 3D graphics, and that’s why we’re more than ready for its successor: Bay Trail, which is based on the next-generation 22nm Silvermont architecture. Intel has today detailed three families of Bay Trail chips, the most interesting of which is undoubtedly the Z3000-series for tablet form factors, and you can catch up on these new SoCs right after the break.
The hits keep coming from IDF. After showing off svelte new 14nm silicon built for laptops, CEO Brian Krzanich announced a brand new SoC series named Quark. It’s the smallest SoC the company has ever built, one-fifth the size of an Atom chip, and is built upon an open architecture meant so spur its use. Early on in his keynote, Krzanich said that Intel plans to “lead in every segment of computing,” and Quark is positioned to put Intel in wearables — and, in fact, he even showed off a prototype smartwatch platform Intel constructed to help drive wearable development. And, Intel President Renee James pointed out that Quark’s designed for use in integrated systems, so we’ll be seeing Quark in healthcare and municipal use cases, too. Unfortunately, no details about the new SoC’s capabilities or specs are yet available, but we can give you some shots of Intel’s wearable wristband prototype in our gallery below.%Gallery-slideshow83631%
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