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Intel to rebrand select Atom processors as Celeron / Pentium chips

Intel to rebrand select Atom processors as Celeron / Pentium chips
  • Posted June 3, 2013, 9:34 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • What do you do when a product line continues to evolve yet is still haunted by its past? You rebrand it, of course. That’s exactly what Intel is doing with the latest Atom processors – electing to brand select Silvermont…

Intel announces Atom processor redesign, code-named Silvermont

Intel announces Atom processor redesign, code-named Silvermont
  • Posted May 6, 2013, 3:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware Breaking News
  • Intel on Monday released details about their upcoming Atom processor redesign, code-named Silvermont. The 22-nanometer SoC, said to deliver three times the performance while consuming five times less power versus current Atom chips, will be the first in a family…

Intel announces Clover Trail+ Atom chips for smartphones and tablets

Intel announces Clover Trail+ Atom chips for smartphones and tablets
  • Posted February 26, 2013, 1:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
  • Intel has announced some new additions to its lineup of mobile processors as it looks to compete with an army of ARM-based rivals. Dubbed Clover Trail+, the new chips are based on a 32nm process and are meant as replacements…

Lenovo's K900 one of the first to use Intel's dual-core mobile chip

Lenovo
  • Posted January 9, 2013, 11:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
  • Lenovo’s K900 smartphone will be one of the first to utilize Intel’s new dual-core Atom processor for mobile devices. The 32-nanometer chip roughly doubles the processing power found in the single-core Medfield CPU that powered the K800 handset and also…

Intel unveils new chips for smartphones, tablets and ultrabooks

Intel unveils new chips for smartphones, tablets and ultrabooks
  • Posted January 7, 2013, 5:39 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing Breaking News
  • Intel made a smattering of announcements during its press event at CES today, with topics spanning from cellphones and ultrabooks to natural human interfaces and shared all-in-one computing. We have a summary of the different subjects below, though you may…

Additional Intel Bay Trail details surface courtesy of leaked slides

Additional Intel Bay Trail details surface courtesy of leaked slides
  • Posted January 4, 2013, 11:14 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
  • Additional details concerning Intel’s next generation Atom processor platform have surfaced online more than a year ahead of its scheduled arrival. Codenamed Bay Trail, the new platform will be a true single chip SoC built on Intel’s latest 22-nanometer process…

Atom-based Windows 8 tablets delayed until Jan. over driver issues

Atom-based Windows 8 tablets delayed until Jan. over driver issues
  • Posted December 20, 2012, 2:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
  • Although system builders were supposed to dash off the starting line with seemingly dozens of Windows 8 tablets following the operating system's October 25 launch, most major players seem to have stalled at the gates -- particularly when it comes to Atom-based devices...

Atom SoCs to use Ivy Bridge-like 22nm, Tri-Gate design next year

Atom SoCs to use Ivy Bridge-like 22nm, Tri-Gate design next year
  • Posted December 11, 2012, 4:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
  • Intel talked up its next-generation mobile processors at a recent industry conference, and though no details on a specific SoC were revealed, the company did say the upcoming chips will use the same 22nm technology and Tri-Gate implementation as their…

Intel Pentium, Celeron chips will be updated to Ivy Bridge by early 2013

Intel Pentium, Celeron chips will be updated to Ivy Bridge by early 2013
  • Posted November 29, 2012, 2:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
  • Although it's well known that Intel's 22nm Haswell architecture will replace Ivy Bridge-based Core i3, i5 and i7 chips sometime next year, new details have surfaced about the release plans for the company's lower tier brands. Industry sources cited by…

Next-gen Atom to feature 8 cores, OOE and Turbo Boost

Next-gen Atom to feature 8 cores, OOE and Turbo Boost
  • Posted October 18, 2012, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • Intel's next generation Atom-based SoC is on the way and Xbit Labs provides some of the details. Dubbed Avoton, Intel's upcoming system-on-a-chip will be based on 22nm Silvermont architecture and feature eight cores sharing 4MB of L2 cache (1MB per…

Intel unveils Atom processor-based network-attached storage platform

Intel unveils Atom processor-based network-attached storage platform
  • Posted October 8, 2012, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
  • Intel has unveiled an Atom processor-based platform designed with network-attached storage (NAS) devices in mind. It’s called Milstead and uses existing Atom D2500 and D2550 chips to power personal cloud systems for individual or small business use. Both of these…

Intel details next-generation Atom chip for tablets

Intel details next-generation Atom chip for tablets
  • Posted September 27, 2012, 12:38 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware
  • Intel held a media event in San Francisco today to offer a glimpse at what to expect from future Intel-based Windows 8 tablets, and share details about their next generation Atom processor, codenamed Clover Trail. The company said at least…

Intel: LTE-capable 'Medfield' smartphone chips are on the way

Intel: LTE-capable
  • Posted September 24, 2012, 12:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Mobile Computing, Hardware
  • Intel lived up to its promise of entering the smartphone market in 2012. The company’s low-powered Atom SoC has already made its way onto half a dozen commercially available handsets, most recently the Motorola Razr i. But for all the…

Intel 'Clover Trail' Atom processors won't support Linux

Intel
  • Posted September 17, 2012, 9:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Hardware
  • Intel has detailed Atom’s successor at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, previewing Clover Trail’s power efficiency tweaks as well as revealing that the next generation of portable devices running Intel’s new processor will be incompatible with Linux. …

Intel finishes Android 4.1 Jelly Bean port for x86 phones

Intel finishes Android 4.1 Jelly Bean port for x86 phones
  • Posted September 13, 2012, 6:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • The latest version of Android is now compatible with Intel-based handsets -- if you can find one, that is. The Santa Clara chip giant is just getting started in the smartphone market, with devices available from select carriers in India,…

Quad-core Atom CPUs to power Intel's next-gen SoC, report says

Quad-core Atom CPUs to power Intel
  • Posted August 28, 2012, 3:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • According to CPU World, leaked documents indicate Intel plans to launch a new quad-core Atom variant dubbed "Silvermont". When released, the 22nm-based CPU will be the first Atom-based processor to sport more than two cores. Silvermont is intended to supplant…

Intel, Google working on Android 4.1 port for Atom

Intel, Google working on Android 4.1 port for Atom
  • Posted July 24, 2012, 5:30 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • Intel has confirmed it is working with Google to support newer versions of Android, including the latest Jelly Bean release, on smartphones and tablets powered by Atom processors. The company didn’t share a time frame for when the Android 4.1…

Foxconn readies fanless Atom/Brazos Nano PCs for September

Foxconn readies fanless Atom/Brazos Nano PCs for September
  • Posted July 10, 2012, 8:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
  • First unveiled in May, Foxconn has announced that its fanless nettops will finally ship in September after a brief delay possibly related to the cancellation of Intel's Atom D2700 processor, which was originally expected to appear in one of the models. The Nano PC will be available in two variants...

Intel's first smartphone, the Xolo X900 arrives April 23 in India

Intel
  • Posted April 19, 2012, 10:30 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • Indian handset manufacturer Lava today announced the imminent launch of what will be the world's first Intel-based smartphone to hit the consumer market, beating Lenovo and Orange to the punch. Dubbed Xolo X900, the device will launch Monday April 23…

Nissan to use Intel Atom processors in vehicle infotainment systems

Nissan to use Intel Atom processors in vehicle infotainment systems
  • Posted April 5, 2012, 6:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing, Hardware
  • Nissan has struck a deal with Intel that will allow them to use Atom processors to power in-vehicle infotainment systems starting in 2013. With the partnership, Nissan will join the likes of BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Toyota as companies that employ…

Intel's next-gen 'Valley View' Atom to sport Ivy Bridge graphics

Intel
  • Posted March 23, 2012, 10:17 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
  • Intel is preparing a 22nm Valley View Atom chip with Ivy Bridge-class on board graphics, according to leaked slides detailing the company's plans. The CPU is codenamed Valley View and it'll be part of the Balboa Pier platform launching in…

Intel details three smartphone-bound Medfield chips

Intel details three smartphone-bound Medfield chips
  • Posted February 27, 2012, 6:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Mobile Computing, Industry News With Video
  • Intel offered a glimpse at its plans for the smartphone market today at MWC and shared some details on three different Atom chips destined for handsets in 2012. The first of the bunch is the Atom Z2460, a single-core, dual-thread…

Intel ships 'Cedar Trail' Atom processors for netbooks

Intel ships
  • Posted December 29, 2011, 8:55 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
  • Intel has officially started shipping its next-generation low-power Atom processor for netbooks. Part of the Cedar Trail platform, which already saw two chips released in September for low-powered desktop solutions, the new Atom N2600 and N2800 processors are based on…

Intel abandons TV market, focuses on tablets

Intel abandons TV market, focuses on tablets
  • Posted October 12, 2011, 6:33 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
  • Intel may have a firm grasp on the desktop and laptop processor markets, but the company has continuously struggled to secure a slice of other segments and reduce its dependence on PCs. In addition to trying to make inroads alongside…

Intel ships 32nm Cedar Trail Atom processors, D2500 and D2700

Intel ships 32nm Cedar Trail Atom processors, D2500 and D2700
  • Posted September 27, 2011, 8:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
  • It seems Intel's latest Atom processors might not be delayed as long as originally rumored -- if at all. The Cedar Trail parts were originally bound for launch this month but sources claimed they would be postponed until November because…

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