BenQ has announced two new CULV laptop namely the Joybook S35 and Joybook S43. The former has a 13.3-inch LCD display with an Intel GMA4500HD graphics, while the latter provides a 14-inch LCD screen with an ATI Mobility Radeon HD4300 graphics. Both notebooks come jam packed with feature a CULV CPU (Consumer Ultra Low Voltage) which comes in different CPU flavors including a 1.4GHz Core 2 Solo, a 1.2GHz Celeron 732, a 1.3GHz Core 2 Duo SU7300 and a 1.3GHz Celeron 743. Other features include a LED backlight LCD with a 1366×768 resolution, eSATA, Wi-Fi, an HDMI out, a webcam, Bluetooth, and an optional 500GB HDD. [Press Release via Laptop Notebook News]
Chinese gadget manufacturer Tainell has launched a new Atom-powered MID in the form of the Tainell T500. The Windows XP-powered gadget has a 5-inch 1024 x 600 touchscreen (resistive) display with a 1.1GHz Intel Atom Z510 processor, a 1GB of RAM, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, 3G WWAN connectivity and an HDMI port. There are even a 32GB of SSD and a VGA webcam. Sadly, the pricing info is still unavailable so far. [Pocketables]
Here’s a new health device that everyone should have at home. This gadget restores all your medical records and provides program that allows you to do videoconferencing with your doctors through a secured wired-broadband connection. The Intel PHS6000 is based on Intel Core Processor with a 10.4-inch touch screen, 40GB hard drive, webcam, four USB ports, speakers and bluetooth connectivity. You can also connect devices such as blood-pressure measuring, weight scales, a spirometer, a pulse oximeter, and blood-glucose monitors. Not only it records your past medical data, Intel also has teamed up with health-services organization such as Aetna to give you access to doctors or nurses on call. [PCWorld]
Intel intends to double up the number of cores per chip and add a brand new language code for the upcoming processor generations. Intel’s Core i7 will start applying manufacturing process shrink down from 45 nanometers to 32 during 2009. It will however be replaced with new architecture codenamed Sandy Bridge by 2010, which will double the number of cores per die to eight. Intel will reportedly introduce a new instruction set termed Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) that will ultimately supersede the Streaming SIMD Extensions (SSE) found in today’s Core 2 and eventual Core i7 designs. The improvement will double the size of instructions to 256 bits and will optionally perform as many as four calculations in a single instruction. The extensions should accelerate performance in media encoding, 3D modeling. These planned upgrades are not the end of the story. As you can see in the slideshow, Intel has also come up with long term plan covering until 2012. Intel promises substantial improvement by then. Intel is believed to be confirming some or all of this information at next week’s Intel Developer Forum, which will primarily focus on Core i7. [Electronista]
Intel Corporation has shown the second-generation design of its classmate PC – a low-cost, Internet-oriented, child-sized laptop computing platform designed to take the punishment dished-out in school environments and broaden access for the 95% of children worldwide who are currently deprived of the benefits offered by such technology. This new classmate PC is based on an Intel® Celeron® M processor with 802.11b/g Wi-Fi and mesh network capabilities, top of the line models will feature a 9-inch LCD screen, extended battery life, 512 MB memory, a 30 GB HDD storage and an integrated webcam. It supports Microsoft Windows XP and variants of the Linux operating environment and will come pre-installed with an education software stack available in more than eight languages. Expected to cost between US$300 and $500 when it goes on sale in April this year. [Intel]
Intel has recently unveiled the Moorestown PC motherboard that feature a 45nm CPU and an integrated WiFi and WiMAX. It is claimed to be the world’s smallest motherboard. [Engadget] More
After a long time Intel has finally has started to produce their new line of SSDs and now a pic has surfaced the net. There’s spec info or pricing yet, but this is definitely a step up from Intel just talking about them. [CNET]
CTL will be releasing a new laptop called the Netbook 2GO PC. It features an Intel Celeron M CPU, 915GMS chipset, 512MB of RAM, a 9-inch, 800 x 480 LCD display, 40GB hard drive, 802.11b/g, SD / MMC reader, and standard ports and jacks. The systems run XP and has a VGA webcam, three hours usage time between charges. The 2GO will be available in 2 months for $400. [Engadget via Laptop Blog]
More info on Intel’s internet-centric processor arriving later this year. The Intel Atom processor is based on an entirely new micro-architecture designed specifically for small low power devices while maintaining the Intel Core 2 Duo instruction set compatibility found in standard full blown PCs. The design also includes support for multiple threads for better performance and increased system responsiveness. All this on a chip that measures less than 25 mm², making it Intel’s smallest and lowest power processor yet. [Intel]
Intel has announced the Intel Atom processors that will be targeted for mobile Internet devices (MIDs), and UMPCs. Dubbed as the “Atom” and “Centrino Atom”, the processors come equipped with integrated graphics, a wireless radio, and thinner and lighter designs. I’m sure these 45nm Atom chips don’t need Atomic power. [Press Release]
