OpenPeak is showing off its upcoming tablet with an Intel Atom Moorestown processor. The demo units at CES are all running Google Android 2.2 and have 7 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel capacitive touchscreen displays, but OpenPeak says the specs are subject to change. For instance, the tablet could easily run MeeGo or use a different type of display tehnology….

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Intel’s upcoming Moorestown, Oak Trail, and Tunnel Creek chips will use the company’s new GMA 600 graphics, which should be significantly more powerful than the GMA 500 graphics that came with earlier Atom Z5xx series chips. That’s because GMA 500 has a clock speed of 200MHz, while GMA 600 is clocked at 400MHz. Chippy from UMPC Portal got a chance…

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Think the 1.6 pound Apple iPad is a bit too heavy to hold in one hand? Intel showed off a new tablet based on the upcoming Intel Atom Z6xx series Moorestown chipset with GMA 600 graphics last week, and Chippy from UMPC Portal reports that it weighs just 0.9 pounds — or just over half as much as the iPad….

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Intel may be king of the hill when it comes to processors for desktops, laptops, servers, and pretty much any CPU for a computer that doesn’t fit in your pocket. But the vast majority of smartphones on the market today use chips based on designs from ARM. Intel plans to change that. We’ve already seen evidence that Intel realizes power…

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It’s no surprise that Intel is working on a new low power Intel Atom Z6xx series chipset for low power devices including tablets and smartphones. What is a bit surprising is that one of the first devices spotted using one of the new chips is an obscure device from Chinese PC maker Teso. Teso is showing off a 9.7 inch…

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Intel may have introduced its new Intel Atom Z6xx Moorestown platform in early May. But it’s going to be another 6 to 12 months before we start to see tablets, smartphones, and other Moorestown-based devices hit the streets. That’s according to Intel vice president Anand Chandrasekher, speaking at an event in Taiwan today. That doesn’t necessarily mean that Moorestown chips…

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Chip maker Freescale has been making a name for itself with low power ARM-based chips recently. But now the company is branching out into the x86 space with the introduction of an audio and power management chipset designed to work with Intel’s Moorestown platform. Basically, you take an Intel Atom Z6xx chip, add Freescale’s PMIC (Power Management Integrated Circuit), and…

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While a lot of the tablets we’ve seen introduced in 2010 have been powered by ARM-based processors, Intel wants in on the action — and the company is showing off a ton of tablets at Computex. That includes machines from Hanvon, Malta, Wistron, FIC, and others. What’s interesting is that we’re not just talking about Windows tablets anymore. There was…

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We already knew that Intel is bringing out new chips for netbooks, smartphones, and ultrathin laptops. Now it looks like the company may have a dedicated solution for tablets as well. Speaking at an investors conference this morning, Intel VP Mooly Eden suggested that the ULV chips destined for ultrathin laptops run too hot to make sense in super-thin tablets….

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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…

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Sure, Intel and Nokia are pushing the MeeGo Linux platform for smartphones as well as netbooks. But nobody said MeeGo is the only mobile OS you’ll be able to run on smartphones with Intel Atom Moorestown chips. Intel says it’s ported Google Android to run on the platform as well. At the same time that ARM-based chips are starting to…

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Intel’s Atom processors all have a few things in common. They’re low power, low cost chips designed for low cost, low power devices. Intel recently rolled out its “Pine Trail” Atom N450 and N470 chips which replace the N270 and N280 processors that had been powering netbooks for much of 2008 and 2009. But Japanese web site PC Watch reports…

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