Word on the street is that MSI is set to launch a new line of netbooks that will sport Intel’s new Atom N450 Pine Trail processor. Honestly, at this point I’ll be more surprised when I hear rumors that a netbook maker is not planning on launching a new model with an Atom N450 processor. […]
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Intel officially launches next-gen Atom Pine Trail chips – Video
If you couldn’t tell by the introduction of the new Dell Inspiron Mini 10 and Asus Eee PC 1005P, Intel has officially pulled the veil back on its next-generation Atom processors. The new 1.66GHz Atom N450 and 1.83GHz N470 chips are destined for upcoming netbooks, while the D410 single core and D510 1.66GHz processors will […]
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Dell updates Inspiron Mini 10 with Intel Atom Pine Trail platform
Dell is introducing an update to its Inspiron Mini 10 netbook series. The new version will replace both the current Inspiron Mini 10 with an Atom Z520 CPU and the Mini 10v which has an Atom N270 CPU. Instead, the new model will have an Intel Atom N450 processor. The new model will be available […]
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All-in-One desktop with Dual Core Atom Pine Trail CPU hits China
Intel may not be set to officially launch its next-generation Intel Atom processor lineup until January, but that’s not stopping computer based on the Atom Pine Trail platform from popping up all over the place. In Germany you can check out an Asus Eee PC 1005P Pine Trail netbook that hasn’t been released yet. And […]
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Intel Atom rumors: N470 coming soon, DDR3 support on its way
Intel is set to launch its new Pine Trail Atom platform in January, and we expect to see dozens of mini-laptop and desktop computers toting Intel Atom N450, D410, and D510 processors. But according to Fudzilla, there are more next-gen Atom processors on the way. For instance, there’s the upcoming Intel Atom N470, which Fudzilla […]
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Acer Aspire One 532 Pine Trail netbook breaks cover
It looks like Acer is preparing to launch its first netbook based on Intel’s upcoming Atom N450 Pineview processor. A new model called the Acer Aspire AO532h showed up on Acer’s support page recently. The laptop’s not available for order, and there’s no official press release yet. But if you scan the support docs, it […]
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Samsung to launch Pineview netbooks in January
File this in the category of “I’d be more surprised if it wasn’t happening,” but Samsung will introduce a line of netbooks with an Intel Atom Pineview processor in late January. A Samsung representative confirmed the company’s plans to retool its netbook lineup with the next-generation Atom chips today at the Netbook World Summit in […]
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Acer reportedly planning a laptop with NVIDIA ION 2
According to a report from DigiTimes, Acer has placed orders with NVIDIA for the company’s upcoming ION 2 platform. The current NVIDIA ION platform consists of a low power Intel Atom N270 or N280 processor and NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics. It’s not entirely clear how ION 2 will work, since it’s designed to work with […]
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Pine Trail: smaller, cheaper – and 20% less energy consumption?
Fudzilla has gotten their hands on a few more details about Intel’s upcoming Pine Trail platform. Most noteworthy is the news that there will be an estimated 20% reduction in power consumption. Some blogs have asked whether this will translate to 20% longer battery life. Not likely, since the power savings here only refers to […]
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Asus Eee PC 1005P with Pine Trail CPU in the works
It looks like some of the first netbooks from Asus to use the upcoming Intel Atom Pine Trail chipset will be minor variations on existing netbooks. We’d already seen evidence of a new Eee PC 1008P. Now there’s a BIOS file hanging out on the Asus support site for an unannounced netbook called the Eee […]