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ARM mobile computing director test drives Pegatron prototype

Bob Morris is Director of Mobile Computing for chip-maker ARM. And this week he’s begun testing a Pegatron netbook prototype using an ARM Cortex-A8 based processor that clocks in at 800MHz. Pegatron has been showing off a version of this device since January, but it looks like it’s getting close to being production-ready. Morris says […]

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Medion Akoya Mini E2076 D Nettop: Rebranded Pegatron ION nettop

Medion is slapping its name on the Pegatron ION powered nettop that started making the rounds earlier this year. It should be out in Europe soon. Hopefully another distributor will bring a similar model to market in the US. Pegatron may be a subsidiary of Asus, but the Medion Akoya Mini E2076 looks a whole […]

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Pegatron’s NVIDIA Tegra-powered Vivid netbook – Video

The Pegatron Vivid mini-laptop has three things that set apart from most netbooks available today. First, it’s based on NVIDIA’s Tegra chipset which bundles an ARM-based CPU with NVIDIA graphics to deliver support for 1080p video playback through HDMI while consuming less power than most Intel Atom based netbooks. Second, the Pegatron Vivid has a […]

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Pegatron Atom-powered nettop to use SiS672 graphics

Chip maker SiS says that Pegatron will be using its graphics chipset in an upcoming low power nettop computer. The SiS672/968 chipset with inteegrated SiS Mirage3 graphics for handling 2D and 3D graphics as well as video playback and support for DTV, VCD, and DVD playback. The Pegatron computer will reportedly also have an Intel […]