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 […]
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Ocosmos OCS-1 handheld computer sports Intel Oak Trail, Windows 7
The Ocosmos OCS-1 looks more like a smartphone or handheld gaming console than a full-fledged computer, but this little guy has an x86 processor and runs Windows 7. In fact, it’s one of the first examples of a computer running Intel’s next-generation Oak Trail chipset, with GMA 600 graphics. The OCS-1 is aimed at gaming, […]
Intel unveils raft of new chips for netbooks, tablets
Intel is introducing a series of new chips destined for netbooks, tablets, and other portable computing devices. Some won’t come as a surprise to anyone who’s been reading this web site for a while. Others are brand spanking new. Pine Trail Dual Core First up we’re going to start to see netbooks with dual core […]
Intel Atom “Oak Trail” processors could replace the Z5xx series
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 […]