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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 […]
With a gush of product releases this week the folks at Dell have come with more than just Windows – they’ve got a set of Dell Venue tablets running Android as well. Here we’re seeing the Dell 7 come with a 7-inch display while the Venue 8 works with work with an 8-inch screen, both […]
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 […]
Lenovo has been awfully quiet recently in the tablet front, other than their most-recent Yoga 11S convertible offering, but the company just launched their latest slate, dubbed the Miix 10. This tablet is Lenovo’s latest Windows 8 slate, and it rocks a 10-inch screen with an Intel Atom processor on the inside to keep things […]
The Samsung ATIV Tab 3 takes on the shape of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 family this week in the company’s thinnest Windows tablet effort to date. This machine works with full Windows 8 and an Intel Atom Z2760 processor alongside 2GB of RAM and a hefty 64GB of internal storage. It also brings along
Today at Computex Acer has revealed several products in the Windows 8 arena, coming in with a tablet that’s made for a single hand, as they say, with the Acer Iconic W3. This machine is the first 8-inch tablet to have been introduced with full Windows 8 aboard, also working with an Intel Atom Z2760 processor to assure proper processing power for the full Windows 8 experience. This machine was also introduced with the 2013 Microsoft Office Home & Student suite installed out of the box, this bringing on apps such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.
The Acer Iconia W3 works with an 8.1-inch display to be precise, this working with LED-backlighting technology and 1280 x 800 pixel resolution, able to deliver 720p videos on the go. Though the tablet is presented as a stand-alone unit, there’s also a unique full-size Bluetooth keyboard that holds the tablet upright and “docks to the tablet” for screen-protected travel. There’s also, of course, an on-screen keyboard as comes standard with any Windows 8 device.
Acer suggests that this machine works with up to 8 hours of battery life, at the moment says they’ll offer a wi-fi-only iteration of the unit with 802.11b/g/n, and of course assures us there’s Bluetooth technology onboard as well. This device will be offered in two storage size options, either 32GB or 64GB (internal), with a microSD card slot included with both that’ll allow 32GB more with your own microSD card.
This 8-inch tablet works with a micro-HDMI port, microUSB port, and two cameras – one on the front, the other on the back, both of them coming in at 2 megapixels. This device will be available for MSRP $379 USD, but as pre-sales begin, final pricing may be different (possibly even lower).
It’ll be interesting to see this machine work with the Office family now that the whole bunch is updated for touch – especially since this will likely be the smallest display they’ve been used on thus far. Acer is also bringing on a collection of other devices like the Liquid S1 phablet, Aspire S7 and S3 Ultrabooks, and more – all of them working with touch, all of them appearing at Computex this week.
Acer Iconia W3 is industry’s first 8-inch Windows 8 tablet is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Intel‘s new Atom chips, codenamed “Bay Trail”, are set to launch for tablets at some point later this year, but it seems Intel wants to take the architecture from the new Bay Trail chips and implement it in their Celeron and Pentium processors for desktops and laptops, proving that Intel is putting more emphasis on their low-cost Atom chip.
Intel has always used the Celeron and Pentium as their entry-level chip for laptops and desktop computers, but the company will be turning up the heat just a little bit while still keeping the lineup at a budget price. It seems Intel is confident enough that its new tablet chip will be quick enough for desktop and laptop use.
Intel claims that Bay Trail will be up to three times faster and five times more efficient than older Atom chips, so users should definitely see a significant increase in performance. Bay Trail is actually based on Intel’s Silvermont architecture, which is being implemented into the company’s Merrifield smartphone chips, and since Intel says that Silvermont has a ton of flexibility, they’ll be able to customize Bay Trail to power a slew of new laptops and desktops at different price points.
Previously, Pentium and Celeron chips have been based on the same architecture used in Intel’s faster Core chips (with the most recent being based on Ivy Bridge), but with fewer features in order to keep the price down. It’s expected that Intel will unveil its new Core architecture called Haswell that we’ve heard a lot about so far.
Intel released its first Pentium chip in 1993, which was clocked at 66MHz, and the first Celeron chip was launched in 1998 running at 300MHz. Since then, these two chips haven’t made much of an impact lately, but Intel is still keeping them around to use in budget computers, including their new Pavilion 14 Chromebook.
SOURCE: PC World
Intel Atom architecture coming to Celeron, Pentium chips is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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