Chinese PC maker has unveiled two new laptop computers which will eschew the usual Intel or AMD processor for an NVIDIA Tegra 2 dual core ARM Cortex-A9 chip. The company isn’t showing off the actual laptops yet, but Charbax spotted spec sheets at a trade show in China. The Malata PC-B1002 is a 10 inch laptop with a 1024 x…

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If you took one look at the picture above and figured you were looking at a stick of laptop memory, I wouldn’t blame you. The new system from Toradex certainly looks like RAM SODIMM. But it’s actually a fully functional computer with an NVIDIA Tegra graphcis processor and a 1GHz ARM Cortex A9-based dual core processor. The Toradex Colibri Tegra…

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There’s a rumor going around today that NIVIDA’s next-generation Tegra chipset has been delayed and won’t be available until late August — which would mean that we wouldn’t see any of the new tablets and smartbooks based on the chipset until August or September at the earliest. That would include the Mobinnova Beam, Notion Ink Adam, and a number of…

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NVIDIA’s Tegra platform combines a low power ARM-based chip with NVIDIA graphics to enable HD video playback and 3D acceleration on low power tablets, smartbooks, portable media players, and other devices. I got a chance to check a few demo units out at CES in January, and they really do seem to be able to handle HD video. But it…

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Google Android doesn’t currently support Adobe Flash, which means that a fair number of web sites look like they have blank boxes when you visit them in a browser on an Android-based tablet or smartphone. But Flash support is coming soon — and a number of tablets and other devices on display at Mobile World Congress in Spain this week…

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NVIDIA has announced the next next generation of its Tegra platform that bundles a low power ARM-based CPU with high performance NVIDIA graphics. The new version will consume less energy than Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipset while providing 1080p HD video playback capabilities. The processor is an ARM Cortex A9 chip that runs up to 1GHz. Tegra 2 will likely show up in…

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[/caption] What’s with all these netbook makers coming up with new and innovative approaches to eBook readers? Not that I’m complaining, mind you. But first Asus decides to turn the whole eBook reader idea on its head with a dual screen model. And now MSI is talking about building one with some serious graphics capabilities by using NVIDIA’s Tegra platform….

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NVIDIA is showing off another Tegra-powered mini-laptop in Taiwan. The company showcased a number of laptops built around the platform, which bundles a low power ARM-based processor with NVIDIA graphics at Computex in June. At the time, the model that was getting the most attention was the Mobinnova élan. But the Inventec Rainbow that NVIDIA is demoing now looks pretty…

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One of the hottest product categories on display at Computex in June was the ARM-powered smartbook. These little computers look a lot like your typical netbook, but they feature low power ARM-based processors that are cheaper than most Intel chips, but a bit slower. On the bright side, many of these chips include built-in support for things like 3G, WiFi,…

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NVIDIA’s Tegra platform combines a low power ARM-based processor with NVIDIA graphics to power ultraportable devices capable of displaying 1080p video over HDMI while using very little power. But ARM processors, which are much more common in cellphones than laptops these days, don’t run Windows. Or rather, Microsoft hasn’t ported Windows XP, Vista, or 7 to run on ARM processors….

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If you’ve been wondering where all the computers based on NVIDIA’s ION platform were, the answer appears to be Taipei. Because at a Computex press event today, NVIDIA announced 21 different netbooks and nettops that would make use of the new platform which bundles an Intel Atom processor with an NVIDIA GPU to offer enhanced graphics performance. NVIDIA also unveiled…

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While you might not really expect much from a mini-laptop running Windows CE, the Mobinnova élan is definitely raising some eyebrows at Computex. That’s because this little 8.9 inch Smartbook is rocking the NVIDIA Tegra platform under the hood. That means it bundles an ARM-based processor with an NVIDIA graphics processor to deliver smooth playback of 720p or 1080p video….

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