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Intel releases the first Atom platform for home storage servers

Published on: 9th March, 2010

Intel has announced at CeBIT the release of its first Atom-class processor platform optimized for small office and home storage markets. Single- and dual-core Atoms, D410 and D510 respectively, are meant for this purpose and they will run on Microsoft Windows Home Server and Linux operating systems. Intel estimates up to 50 percent power reduction [...]

Intel’s Moblin + Nokia’s Maemo = MeeGo

Published on: 23rd February, 2010

The famous chipmaker, Intel, and the mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia, have recently announced that their respective Moblin and Maemo mobile device OS will merge into a single operating system. The Linux-based platform, called MeeGo, is intended to run on various platforms, such as smartphones, tablets, netbooks or in-car entertainment systems. The Linux Foundation will be [...]

Fully customizable Black|OPS gaming PC from Digital Storm

Published on: 17th February, 2010

Digital Storm has recently presented a new flagship gaming PC: Black|OPS. This is a customizable PC, which can have overclocked CPUs ranging from AMD’s Phenom to Intel’s Core i7. All versions of this PC come with Digital Storm’s Sub-Zero Liquid Cooling System, which is able to keep the system stable, with less noise.
All variations have [...]

Intel and Nokia, on the way to a new partnership

Published on: 17th February, 2010

Intel has recently announced that it will be joining Nokia’s press event on February 15, in order to provide news. Neither Nokia, nor Intel has revealed the subject of the unveiling, even if their previous partnership has lead to the creation of the Booklet 3G netbook. This netbook seems to have been intended to create [...]

Classmate PC netbooks to be updated with Intel’s Pine Trail Atom

Published on: 25th January, 2010

Intel is expected to release soon the Classmate PC netbook series updated with its Pine Trail Atom processors. The chips are more efficient and quicker, but the netbooks will also be redesigned, beginning with the Convertible Classmate netbook, 10.1-inch sized. The goal is to make them lighter while keeping them robust enough to resist to [...]

$1.25 billion agreement between Intel and AMD

Published on: 15th December, 2009

On December 10, 2009, AMD confirmed that it has already received $1.25 billion from Intel; this sum of money counts as a settlement payment. The $1.25 billion is conformable to the monetary terms mentioned in the companies’ agreement, concerning some antitrust and patent conflicts. The two companies have agreed on a five-year cross-license contract, deciding [...]

New Intel dual-core and AMD Radeon for HP computers

Published on: 11th December, 2009

Leaked documents from Hewlett Packard have confirmed new processors and video cards would soon equip its computers. The HP all-in-one PCs will be updated with a new Pavilion version in April next year, expected to use dual-core desktop processors Core i3 and Core i5. The key features for Core i5 are Turbo Boost which overclocks [...]

Intel shows the future 48-core processor

Published on: 9th December, 2009

Intel has revealed the SCC (Single-chip Cloud Computer) it intends to use on long-term future. The chip is a version of an early 100-core project, actually a 48-core processor. It shares a unique network, each one of the x86 cores being able to communicate with each other at its full speed, where the cloud computing [...]

New Asus Eee PC 1008P with Pine Trail

Published on: 5th December, 2009

The new Eee PC Seashell 1008P-KR is the first ASUS Eee PC based on the Pine Trail platform from Intel. The suffix of the new netbook comes from its designer name: Karim Rashid. The Pine Trail platform allows the usage of the 1.8GHz Atom N450 processor. The new 10.1-inch netbook’s battery is removable; it simply [...]

TRIM functionality supported again by Intel SSD firmware

Published on: 5th December, 2009

Intel has released a new firmware version and a firmware update tool that relates to an earlier issue supposed to corrupt users’ data. The original firmware update included a flaw for the TRIM feature that informs the controller of the SSD when data blocks are no longer available and could corrupt the data on the [...]

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