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 […]
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 […]
Pegatron’s ARM based netbook at Computex – Video
Pegatron first teased us with a thin, light, and ARM-based netbook back at CES in January. At the time, the company’s promise of a $199 seemed a bit hard to believe. But that seems to be the target price for many of the ARM powered mini-laptops on display at Computex this week. It’s possible that […]
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 […]
The ARM powered netbooks of Mobile World Congress
Chip maker ARM is all over the place at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The folks at Engadget stopped by the ARM booth and snapped some photos of a ton of ARM-based netbooks and mobile internet devices. That includes devices running the Freescale i.MX515 processor and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chip, both of which are […]
Pegatron showcases prototype $199 netbook
You know that mythical $199 netbook we’ve all been waiting for? It might be here. A few days ago Freescale Semiconducter and Pegatron announced a reference design for a netbook with an ARM-based processor that could be sold for as little as $199. And today Xavier from Notebooks.com got a chance to spend some time […]
Lenovo netbook coming in September
It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about Lenovo’s plans to launch a low cost ultraportable PC. But now DigiTimes reports that the company is talking to manufacturers about building a PC that could hit shelves by the end of September. The article doesn’t have any juicy tidbits like what kind of processor, display, […]