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New Intel Atom Z6xx Processor – More Power For Tablets And Smartphones
May 5th
Intel has officially unveiled a new line of low power processors designed for mobile devices including smartphones and tablets. The Intel Atom Z6xx series chip (PDF Link) has a 45nm processor core, and 3D graphics and video capabilities.The chip has 512K of L2 cache, 24K of L1 Data and 32K instruction cache.
Intel says the Atom Z6xx series will support Google Android, MeeGo and Moblin Linux. Interestingly, there’s no mention o fWindows support.
The Z6xx series will include several different chips, including a 1.5GHz version for handhelds and smartphones and a 1.9GHz version for tablets.
The chips will feature Intel GMA 600 graphics, with a 400MHz graphics core and support for hardware decoding of H.264, MPEG4 part 2, WMV, and VC1 video, as well as hardware support for encoding MPEG4 and H.264 video. GMA 600 also features OpenGL support for 3D graphics and supports internal displays with resolutions of 1024 x 600 or 1366 x 768 pixels.
While it looks like the new chips are single core processors, they do support hyper-threading, which means that you should see improved performance with apps that support multithreading — and your operating system may report that you have 2 CPUs even though you don’t.
One of the most interesting features is that the Z6xx series supports always-connected technology that will let you receive incoming phone calls, email messages, or other data on a smartphone or tablet even when the device is idle. There’s support for WiFi, 3G, and WiMAX connections.
Laptop Magazine reports that Intel is promising devices using this chipset will be able to last for up to 48 hours of continuous audio playback or 10 days of idle power. Video playback is another story, topping out at just 5 hours.
via UMPC Portal
UMID M1 – design meets function
Nov 5th
The UMID M1 will be available in two variants: the “High” version includes a 16GB SSD and is powered by an Intel Atom clocked to 1.33GHz, while the “Low” version comes with Linux preinstalled and has only 8GB flash storage and its Atom runs a bit slower too at 1.1GHz. Both versions have a 4.8″ touchscreen with a “wide” resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, 512MB of fast 533MHz DDRII RAM, Bluetooth 2.0, also 802.11b/g wifi and HSDPA (with own SIM card slot), connection to other devices is established with USB2.0, but you can also use the microSD-card reader for synchronizing data with, for example, your smartphone. Also included is a 1.3MP webcam for video telephony via skype or other VoIP-based services, and everything is powered by a 2400mAh Li-ion battery.
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UMID M1 – design meets function
Asus selling iMac clone with netbook core
Nov 5th
I’m sure everyone knows those design-award-winning Apple iMac computers that look like just a flat panel LCD and keyboard standing on your desk, but contain a whole macintosh… Now Asus has realized the advantages of such a design and is selling a computer-inside-an-LCD too. The “Asus eeeTop ET1602″ has about the same specs as the average eeePC 1000H netbook (making guesses about the interior of this device very easy), namely intel Atom N270 clocked to 1.6GHz, 533MHz Frontside Bus, 1GB DDR2 RAM, the rather weak Intel 945G graphics chipset, 160GB SATA-II harddisk (spinning at only 5400rpm), connectivity is provided by 802.11 b/g/n wifi, bluetooth and 1000MBit LAN, the thing has a 1.3MP webcam and built-in stereo microphone – and so far, I could just as well have read the description from the package of my eee1000H instead, without any difference…
