Archive for the 'Notebook Platforms' Category

NVIDIA today officially unveiled the second generation ION platform for Intel Atom-based netbooks and small form factor desktops.

The NVIDIA ION 2 chipset provides netbooks with “10 times the graphics performance of standard netbooks” and “up to 10 hours of battery life”.

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Intel plans to announce its next generation laptop platform, named “Huron River”, in the first quarter of 2011, according to Digitimes’ sources from motherboard and notebook makers.

The “Huron River” platform reportedly includes “Sandy Bridge” processors, a 6-series chipset “Cougar Point”, and wireless modules codenamed “Rainbow Peak” and “Taylor Peak”.

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Intel has announced the 2010 Intel Core vPro technology for business-class laptop and desktop PCs.

Desinged to “keep downtime and desk-side visits to a minimum,” the new vPro version features improved remote manageability, security, and anti-theft functionalities. It comes with the Core i5 and i7 processors with TurboBoost and Hyper-Threading technologies, the Intel QM57 and QS57 chipsets for notebooks, and new Centrino WiFi and WiMAX wireless adapters.

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Intel today officially launched the 2010 Intel Core processor family, including the laptop-use Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7, formerly known as “Arrandale”.

The new chips are the first in the mainstream PC market to feature the main processor, integrated graphics, and the memory controller on a single CPU package, and are produced using the new 32-nanometer technology. These innovations are made to increase laptops’ computing performance while decreasing power consumption and heat.

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Several websites have reviewed an Asus Eee PC netbook with Intel’s recently released Atom N450 Pine Trail M platform.

The conclusion is that the new platform with the Intel Atom N450 main processor, the GMA 3150 graphics, and the memory controller on a single die delivers a better power efficiency and has minor performance benchmark differences when compared to the previous Atom netbooks with the N270/N280 CPUs and the GMA 950 graphics.

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Intel Corporation officially released today the next generation Atom CPU-based netbook platform, formerly known as “Pine Trail M”.

Along with the new Intel Atom N450 processor that integrates the CPU, the memory controller, and the graphics chip on a single piece of silicon, the platform features a new low-power Intel NM10 Express Chipset. Therefore, the Pine Trail M consists of two chips, CPU and chipset, instead of three (CPU, chipset, and I/O controller hub) in the previous “Diamondville” Atom N270/N280 generation.

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Mobile Internet devices, tablets and netbooks based on the next-gen NVIDIA Tegra platform will be rolled out in the first half of 2010, a company executive said last week.

According to Michael Hara, senior vice president of investor relations at Nvidia, the chip maker will also launch the next-generation Ion graphics processor in the first half of next year.

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Intel Corporation officially introduced today the first laptop-use Intel Core i7 processors, based on the company’s latest Nehalem microarchitecture.

The three Core i7 mobile quad-core 45nm CPUs are the Core i7-720QM and the i7-820QM for mainstream notebooks, and the Intel Core i7 Extreme i7-920XM for high-performance gaming laptops.

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VIA Technologies has announced the Surfboard NetNote Edition mini-laptop platform with support for 1080p HD video.

The VIA Surfboard NetNote ultraportables have 10.2″ – 12.1″ displays with resolutions up to 1366 x 768 pixels, while external display resolutions go up to 1920 x 1440 pixels. The NetNotes are based on VIA C7-M and Nano CPUs and VX855 chipset with VIA Chrome9 HCM integrated graphics, supporting H.264, MPEG2, MPEG-4, WMV9, and VC1 video decoding acceleration.

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AMD today launched Congo, its second generation AMD platform for small, light and affordable notebooks.

The Second Generation AMD Ultrathin Platform, a successor of the Yukon, includes dual core AMD CPUs – the Athlon Neo X2 L325 at 1.5GHz and the Turion Neo X2 L625 at 1.6GHz, both with 1MB of L2 cache and a power consumption of 18W. The platform also features the 15W single core 1.6GHz Athlon Neo MV-40 and Sempron 210U at 1.5GHz, with 512KB and 256KB of L2 cache respectively.

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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has announced the 2009 AMD Mainstream Notebook Platform “Tigris”, featuring new processors, a new integrated graphics chip, and improved multimedia technologies.

The platform includes next-gen AMD Turion II Ultra, Turion II, and Athlon II dual core mobile processors, with clock speeds ranging from 2GHz to 2.6GHz, BUS speed of 3,200MHz or 3,600MHz, and 1MB or 2MB of L2 cache, depending on model. The chips are based on 45nm production technology, replacing older 65nm parts. The new Athlons and Turions have a power consumption of 35W, and support for 64-bit computing and virtualization.

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AMD will showcase a new mainstream notebook platform called Tigris at the upcoming 2009 Computex Show in Taipei, Chinese Commercial Times reports.

The Tigris includes a 45-nanometer dual-core “Caspian” processor and the RS880M chipset.

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Intel is readying Centrino “Montevina Plus“, an updated version of the existing Montevina laptop platform.

The new platform, expected to arrive in the second quarter of 2009, will include Penryn-based processors running as fast as 3GHz or more, and greater high definition multimedia capabilities. In addition, the Montevina Plus will include new ultra-low-voltage chips for inexpensive ultraportable laptops.

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VIA has announced the Surfboard C855 Reference Design, a netbook motherboard that supports full HD video playback.

The chip makers says the VIA Surfboard C855, which includes a C7-M ULV processor and the Chrome9 integrated graphics, provides “flawless playback of high bit-rate 1080p HD video”. Along with hardware decoding of H.264, MPEG-2/4, VC-1 and WMV9 video standards, the netbook platform supports internal display resolutions of up to 1366 x 768 pixels and external display resolutions up to 1920 x 1440 pixels.

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AMD has announced this week the “Yukon“, a platform for ultraportable notebooks that enables “exceedingly thin and light OEM designs with rich entertainment capabilities at an affordable price”.

Yukon is based on the new AMD Athlon Neo processor, ATI Radeon X1250 integrated graphics and optional ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3410 discrete GPU.

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