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Asus Eee PC 1015PX with Atom N570 processor now shipping

Brad Linder — Mon, 09 May 2011 21:40:04 +0000

Asus has launched its first 10 inch netbook with an Intel Atom N570 dual core 1.66 GHz processor. It's called the Eee PC 1015PX, and it looks pretty much just like every other recent 10 inch mini-laptop from Asus. It's just has a processor that's a tiny bit faster. The Eee PC 1015PX most closely resembles the Eee PC1015PEM which...

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Asus Eee PC 1215P 12 inch notebook gets a slight spec bump

Brad Linder — Mon, 09 May 2011 13:57:17 +0000

Asus has quietly updated the Eee PC 1215P giving the Intel Atom-based notebook a slightly more powerful processor. The Eee PC 1215P was launched late last year with a 12.1 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display and a 1.5 GHz Intel Atom N550 dual core processor. Now it's available with a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N570 dual core chip. The...

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ARM says Cortex-A15 chips could launch late next year

Brad Linder — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:30:31 +0000

Chip designer ARM announced plans last year for next-generation Cortex-A15 chips which would come in single, dual, and quad-core varieties with clock speeds up to 2.5 GHz. Of course, it'll take a while to actually finalize the platform, but PC World reports that ARM is ahead of schedule and the first Cortex-A15 chips could ship as early as late 2012....

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Terra Mobile launches 1021GO netbook with Atom N570 dual core CPU

Brad Linder — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 14:00:29 +0000

Terra Mobile has launched a new 10 inch netbook with an Intel Atom N570 1.66 GHz dual core processor. It's called the Terra Mobile 1021GO, and while the netbook isn't available for purchase in the US, the folks at Netbook News spotted a listing for the 1021GO in Germany where it's going for 319 Euros. The mini-laptop features a 10...

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HP to update netbooks with Atom N570 dual core chips soon

Brad Linder — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 20:30:29 +0000

The HP Mini 110 and Mini 210 netbooks have seen a fair share of quiet updates, with new case designs, dual core Atom N550 processors, and colorful lids hitting the configuration options in recent months. Now PC Watch is reporting that HP will soon offer both 10 inch netbooks with an optional Intel Atom N570 chip. The Atom N570 is...

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Asus Eee PC 1015PW gets an Atom N570 update

Brad Linder — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:25:59 +0000

Asus has announced that the Eee PC 1015PW netbook will soon be available with a 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N570 dual core processor. The Eee PC 1015PW is the company's latest 10 inch netbook with a 1024 x 600 pixel display, 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0, and a 250GB hard drive. Up until recently, the mini-laptop's most distinctive features were the...

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VIA introduces Eden X2 low power dual core chips

Brad Linder — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:07:34 +0000

VIA has introduced a dual core version of its low power Eden chip. The new VIA Eden X2 is a 40nm chip with two 64-bit cores, which the company says means they're optimized for multitasking and multimedia performance. The company also claims that the VIA Eden X2 line of chips are "the world's most power-efficient dual-core processors," but doesn't btoher...

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Acer Aspire One 522 netbook: Unboxing and first look

Brad Linder — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:00:21 +0000

The Acer Aspire One 522 is the first mini-laptop to ship in the US with an AMD C-50 dual core chip based on AMD's new Fusion platform. At first glance, the computer looks like most other netbooks released in the last few years. But there are some subtle design changes including a new power button and a textured button under...

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Asus Eee PC 1015PN netbook bumped up to an Atom N570 chip

Brad Linder — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 18:30:20 +0000

The Asus Eee PC 1015PN netbook has been shipping since last year with a dual core 1.5 GHz Intel Atom N550 processor and NVIDIA ION graphics, making it one of the most powerful Atom powered netbooks available. But jkkmobile spotted an updated version on the show floor at CeBIT in Germany with an even faster processor. The new version of...

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Broadcom introduces dual core ARM Cortex-A9 chip

Brad Linder — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 12:10:53 +0000

Broadcom is the latest company to introduce a dual core chip for smartphons and other mobile devices. The company's new BCM28150 chip features two 1.1 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 processors and support for 1080p HD video playback and recording. The 40nm chip can also handle HSPA+ , EDGE and WCDMA mobile broadband, OpenGL ES 1.1 and 2.0 graphics, and supports cameras...

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MSI Wind U160MX dual core netbook unboxed

Brad Linder — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:51:30 +0000

The MSI Wind U160MX is a new version of the Wind U160 netbook MSI first introduced over a year ago. But there's one key difference: The U160X is available with either a single or a dual core Atom processor. The folks at Notebook Italia got their hands on the new MSI Wind U160MX and have posted some unboxing photos and...

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NVIDIA may be working on 3D, quad-core Tegra chips

Brad Linder — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:15:59 +0000

There was a time when ARM-based chips were viewed as the low powered wimps of the computing world. But that's all changing. ARM-based chips today can be multi-core processors that can handle 1080p HD video playback, a decent bit of number crunching, and low power consumption. And things just keep getting better: a leaked product slide suggests that NVIDIA's next...

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Intel Atom N570 to launch in February

Brad Linder — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:24:39 +0000

When Lenovo introduced the IdeaPad S100 netbook, the company promised it would be available with up to an Intel Atom N570 processor. That chip isn't currently available, and I haven't been able to get any solid information about what makes the N570 different from existing Atom chips. But it looks like we should have our answers soon. DigiTimes reports that...

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Toshiba NB305 dual core netbook now available

Brad Linder — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:17:22 +0000

While this year's CES was choc full of announcements, here's the dirty little secret about the Consumer Electronics Show: Very few of the items we saw last week are actually available for purchase this week, and some will never make it to market it all. So while the new Toshiba Mini NB305 netbook which got a spec bump from a...

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Closer look at the VIA Nano X2 dual core chip

Brad Linder — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 21:00:03 +0000

VIA launched its new dual core Nano X2 chip this week, and I got a chance to do a brief photo shoot with one of the 40nm little guys last night. Sure, it's not much to look at, but that little chip is a 1.4 GHz dual core, 64-bit processor which is pin-to-pin compatible with VIA's single core Nano, C7,...

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