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Lenovo IdeaPad U310, U410 ultrabooks get an Ivy Bridge bump

Lenovo has announced plans for its first ultrabooks featuring Intel Ivy Bridge processors — but these two thin and light laptops aren’t entirely new. The company is updating the Lenovo IdeaPad U310 and U410 ultrabooks it introduced earlier this year with new 3rd generation Intel Core family processors. They initially sported second generation “Sandy Bridge” […]

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Intel updates ultrabook specs, unveils new ultrabook processors

Intel has introduced 14 new dual core processors as part of its 3rd generation Core family chip lineup. These processors join the quad-core CPUs the company introduced last month. While 6 of the new chips are aimed at desktops, the rest are 17W and 35W chips aimed at notebooks and ultrabooks. It’s likely that the […]

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Sony gives upgrades S Series 13, 15 inch notebooks to Ivy Bridge

Sony has announced plans to update its S Series line of notebooks with Intel Ivy Bridge (3rd generation Core family) processors. Here’s why I find that interesting: While these aren’t technically part of Sony’s ultrabook lineup, the 13.3 inch S Series notebooks weigh less than 3.7 pounds, measure less than an inch thick, and currently […]

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Sony ultrabooks to come with Ivy Bridge option, removable battery

The Sony Vaio T11 and T13 ultrabooks are expected to hit the streets this month with second-generation Intel Core series processors. But TechFokus spotted the thin and light laptops in the wild recently and received confirmation from a Sony official that models with Ivy Bridge third-generation Intel Core chips would also be available. Intel isn’t […]

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Ivy Bridge ultrabooks coming in June

Intel launched its third-generation Core family of processors this week. But all of the new Ivy Bridge chips available at launch are quad-core processors designed for desktop or high-end laptop computers. During yesterday’s launch event, Intel executives said dual-core ultrabook processors would be coming in a few months. Now Intel product manager Scott Pendrey has […]

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Even Intel’s high-end Ivy Bridge chips use less power

Intel unveiled 13 new processors as part of its third generation Core family lineup today. The new processors should be about 20 percent faster than their predecessors while using 20 percent less energy — but the biggest change will be in the improved graphics. The new chips are designed to support DirectX 11 graphics, HD […]

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Intel launching 13 quad-core Ivy Bridge processors today

As expected, Intel is introducing its first 3rd generation Core family processors today. The first crop of the new “Ivy Bridge” chips will be high performance quad-core processors, and the BBC reports most of the 13 new processors coming today will be destined for desktop computers. Some of the chips will arrive in high performance […]

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Intel Ivy Bridge coming next week, won’t hit ultrabooks until summer

Intel is expected to launch its 3rd generation Core series processor line on Monday. But the first Ivy Bridge processors will be quad-core chips designed for high performance computers. We won’t see the lower power dual-core chips for ultrabooks and “mainstream noteboks” until later this year. CNET reports that Intel CEO Paul Otellini spoke a […]