Intel announced an attractive pricing scheme for businesses picking up at least 1000 units. Select Quad-core chips received a discount ranging from 16-40 percent within just 20 days. 3GHz Core 2 Quad Q9650 chip now goes $316 as compared to December’s rate of $530. That’s a direct drop of 40%. Other chips like Q9550 […]
Intel Classmate PC goes tablet
Intel and its production partners of Classmate PC revealed the convertible tablet at the CES. Not much has changed from last time – there’s a 1.6GHz Atom processor, 1GB RAM, 60GB HDD, Windows XP, 180-degree swiveling screen, accelerometer and a stylus. Since it is meant for children, Intel has made the netbook rugged to […]
Intel starts shipping 2.5-inch 160GB SSDs
Just as expected. Intel promised to deliver 160GB SSDs in the fourth quarter and here they are, shipping the first production batch of 2.5-inch 160GB SSDs. However, the same capacity 1.8-inch SSDs will make its way for retailing from next month. Looks like CES is the place for the 1.8-inch SSD to make an […]
Asus touchscreen Eee PCs to be displayed at CES
MSI and Intel have already made it clear and now Asus is the latest one that is trying to jump in the ‘netvertible’ fray. Asus has confirmed to Fudzilla that they’ll exhibit their touchscreen tablet Eee PCs at the CES show floor. The models showcased will be an 8.9-inch and 10.2-inch models and will […]
Intel to unveil touchscreen Classmate PC at CES 2009
In a hands-on session by LaptopMag, Intel has confirmed to them that they will announce its student friendly Classmate PC with a touchscreen interface at the upcoming CES. It will be a convertible tablet which is expected to give birth to a new category called as ‘netvertibles’. LaptopMag say that the device looks good […]
Intel Core i7 aka Nehalem releasing on November 17
Intel announced that their next generation processors, Core i7 (Nehalem) will be released on 17th of this month. Intel touts Core i7 as the fastest processor on the planet and it is rightly so. Who would have thought Core i7’s entry-level processor will beat Intel’s high-end Core 2 Quad processor hands down? Intel also […]
Intel makes SSDs for the server market
After making their very first SSDs for the consumers, Intel has turned its focus to target the enterprise market with its high performance SSDs for servers. Housed in a 2.5-inch shell, X-25E Extreme SATA based 32GB and 64GB SSDs will bring all the benefits to the server station. Intel claims that its SSDs increases […]
Intel announces world’s first six core processor
Intel will soon be offering a high-end solution to the server market with the arrival of Xeon 7400 processor. Codenamed as Dunnington, the new Xeon processor comes with six cores of processing power, 16MB L3 cache fabricated on 45nm technology. Higher clock speeds have made way for parallel processing and platforms based on these […]
Intel SSDs for notebooks and desktops
Jumping on the SSD bandwagon, Intel also announced the beginning of shipment of its 1.8-inch and 2.5-inch SSDs. The X18-M and X25-M SSDs will be available for both laptops as well as desktops and are based on multi-level cell (MLC) NAND flash technology. Intel’s SSDs outperformed the conventional HDDs by nine times giving a […]
Intel Nehalem is now Core
Intel has announced that its Nehalem processors based on the new microarchitecture will commercially be called Core. The very first products based on the new architecture will be the i7 chips coming in flavors of Basic and Extreme edition. The chips are high in performance and energy efficient which will help Intel to maintain […]