Posts Tagged ‘32nm’

Intel and AMD processors cannot compete with ARM in terms of price.

Intel and AMD are working hard to develop low voltage processors for smartphones and tablets, but so far they cannot race with the solutions from ARM, in terms of price.

Intel introduced its 32nm Medfield processor with low power consumption of 11W TDP (for the Android segment) in January (at CES 2012), and is going to launch in the second half of this year Atom processors (with less than 10W TDP) planned for smartphones and tablets. The company will also continue to predictably shrink (according to Moore’s law) its manufacturing technology, with its future microprocessors – Saltwell with 32nm, then Silvermont with 22nm and Airmont with 14nm fabrication process.

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Today, MSI introduced its new 10.1-inch Wind U180 netbook with Cedar Trail CPU.

The MSI Wind U180 is equipped with Intel’s latest 32nm-based Atom (N2800/ N2600) dual-core processors (introduced in Q4, 2011), up to 2GB DDR3 (800MHz/ 1066MHz) memory and 320/ 250GB hard drive. The netbook has a 10.1-inch (1024 x 600) ultra slim LED backlit display, powered by Intel GMA 3650 graphics.

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Yesterday, Samsung announced its Exynos 5250 – Industry’s first Cortex-A15 mobile processor. 

Samsung developed its Exynos 5250 – the first 2.0 GHz dual-core processor based on Cortex-A15. The processor utilizes 32nm high-k metal gate low-power process technology and its performance is two times better than that of current 1.5GHz dual-core CPU based on Cortex-A9. Also, the Exynos 5250 ARM processor is designed to support WQXGA displays with 2560 x 1600 resolutions.

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Eurocom added Intel Core i7-2960XM to its line of high performance fully upgradable notebooks.

The EUROCOM Racer is currently the only notebook with the most powerful mobile GPU’s and mobile processors on the market. The EUROCOM Racer supports NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M, AMD Radeon Mobility HD6990M or NVIDIA Quadro FX 5010M equipped with 2GB of superfast DDR5 VRAM.

EUROCOM Racer also supports up to 32GB of DDR3-1333 or DDR3-16000 of system memory and an optional display configuration of a Matte or Glossy Full HD 1920 x 1080 (16:9) LED backlit panels. The Racer is a high-end professional and gaming notebook, which can be fully configured and customized to users’ exact specifications, operational and application requirements.  Read the rest of this entry »

Pioneer announced availability of its 17-inch DreamBook Power W17 (Intel) for the Australian market.

The DreamBook Power W17 notebook comes with Intel i7, i5, i3 CPU, an HDD, Blu-ray Combo drive and up to 8GB (1066/1333MHz) DDR3 memory. Its 17-inch HD+ (1600×900) Crystal Bright Screen (with optional 17-inch Full-HD (1920×1080) is powered by Nvidia GeForce GT 555M (Optimus) with 2GB GDDR3 Video RAM (540M, 1G Optional).

In addition, the machines has THX TruStudio Pro audio, two USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, HDMI, 9-in-1 Card Reader and is loaded with Windows 7 32-bit/64-bit. The laptop weighs around 3.1kg.

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Pioneer announced availability of its DreamBook Power W27 (Intel) and DreamBook Power W27-0B (AMD), 17.3-inch laptops for the Australian market.

DreamBook Power W27 notebook is powered by Intel i7, i5, i3 CPU, a USB 3.0 port and Intel HD Graphics 3000. While the AMD version – DreamBook Power W27-0B, comes with AMD E-350 or C-50 dual-core processors and AMD Radeon HD 6250 or AMD Radeon HD 6310 graphics. 

Both machines have up to 8GB (1066/1333MHz) DDR3 memory, High Definition Audio, 9-in-1 Card Reader, HDMI, USB 2.0 and are loaded with Windows 7.

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