There’s a growing number of tiny PCs on the market, including models like the Intel Compute Stick that are small enough to close your fist around and larger, more powerful models including Intel NUC-sized computers with Celeron, Pentium, or Core series processors. Now Intel is introducing a new platform for tiny PCs… and it has […]
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Intel says Thunderbolt 3 will bring external graphics to laptops
The lines between desktop and notebook computers are getting thinner and thinner. Intel has announced plans to bring its enterprise-class Xeon processors to notebooks, and offer unlocked, overclockable K series processors for notebooks later this year. Want even more power in your notebook? How about an external graphics card? Intel says notebooks that feature Thunderbolt […]
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Intel’s 2-in-1 tablet reference design: USB Type-C, wireless charging, and a secondary E Ink display
14 Comments on Intel’s 2-in-1 tablet reference design: USB Type-C, wireless charging, and a secondary E Ink displayThere’s no shortage of 2-in-1 tablets with detachable keyboard docks on the market. But if you’re looking for an idea of what the next generation will look like, Intel’s latest reference design is always a good place to start. At the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, the company revealed a reference design for a 2-in-1 […]
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Intel Skylake: Some chips have an integrated image signal processor
Intel’s 6th-gen Core “Skylake” processor for notebooks, desktops, and tablets are designed to offer slightly better CPU performance and up to 50 percent better graphics than chips based on Intel’s 5th-gen Core “Broadwell” designs. But that’s not the only thing that’s new. At least some Skylake chips will also include an integrated image signal processor, which should […]
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What to expect from Intel Skylake graphics
Intel’s 6th-generation Core processors are 14nm chips that don’t offer much better CPU performance than the 5th-gen “Broadwell” processors they replace. But Intel is promising up to 50 percent better graphics performance. The new “Skylake” chips feature Intel Gen9 integrated graphics which not only offer more graphics compute performance, but consume less power while doing it. […]
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Intel RealSense 3D sensors coming to phones, game systems and more
Intel’s RealSense technology brings depth perception to gadgets including phones and tablets. Laptops and desktops with RealSense cameras can respond to gestures you make by moving your hands, fingers, or face in the air, while use can snap pictures using the cameras on tablets like the Dell Venue 8 7000 Series and then adjust the depth-of-field after […]
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Intel Optane super-fast SSDs coming in 2016
Intel plans to launch a new line of solid state storage devices under the Intel Optane brand in 2016. They’ll be the first solid state drives to use 3D Xpoint technology, which is said to offer up to 1,000 times the speed, 1,000 times the durability, and 10 times the density of current solutions. 3D Xpoint […]
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Lenovo shows off Cherry Trail Android tablet prototype
The Microsoft Surface 3 may be the first tablet to ship with an Intel Atom “Cherry Trail” processor. But more are on the way… possibly including an 8 inch Android tablet that Notebook Italia spotted this month at the Intel Developer Forum in China. The tablet, which is powered by an Intel Atom X5-8300 processor […]
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Intel pushes Atom, Braswell, and Core M chips for tablets and 2-in-1 laptops
Intel is taking low-power computing seriously these days. In fact, the company now offers 3 different lines of chips aimed at low-power tablets and 2-in-1 notebooks: the Intel Atom x5 and x7 “Cherry Trail” family, the Intel Celeron and Pentium “Braswell” family, and the Intel Core M “Broadwell Y” family. All of these chips use 6 […]
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Intel RealSense depth-sensing camera coming to smartphones
Intel’s RealSense camera technology adds support for 3D features. On some devices like laptops a RealSense camera lets you control your computer using hand gestures. On mobile devices like the Dell Venue 8 7000 Series tablet, Intel’s RealSense Snapshot camera lets you capture depth-of-field information when snapping a photo, so you can edit the depth after […]