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Intel Cove Point Windows 8 ultrabook hybrid costs $1,000 to make

Rue Liu, Apr 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

Intel recently showed off a new reference design for an ultrabook/tablet hybrid during its IDF 2012 developer conference in Beijing. The prototype was shown running a Consumer Preview of Windows 8 on an early version of a future Ivy Bridge processor. However, details have emerged that it carries a daunting cost of nearly $1,000 to manufacture. Read The Full Story

Intel reveals Windows 8 tablet specs

Rue Liu, Apr 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

During the IDF conference in Beijing, Intel let loose on its checklist of spec requirements for upcoming Windows 8 tablets. The company plans to initially support two basic tablet form factors, one being a 10-inch slab, while the other an 11-inch hybrid with a physical keyboard in tow. The tablets will be running on Intel's Clover Trail Atom Z2760 chips. Read The Full Story

Sandy Bridge based Chromebook demoed at IDF Beijing

Ben Kersey, Apr 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

While the Chromebook hasn’t taken off in quite the way Google expected it to, OEMs are still working on them. Samsung demoed a Chromebook at this year's IDF in Beijing that would have an “instant on” boot thanks to new Coreboot code, a Linux-based BIOS replacement that talks to the computers hardware. Why does Coreboot sound so familiar? Just last week there was news that Google added code to Coreboot for Sandy Bridge and Ivy Bridge processor support. Is that what was on display at IDF? Read The Full Story

Intel: 75 new Ultrabooks in 2012 plus 10 Atom tablets

Chris Davies, Apr 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

Over 75 new ultrabooks are expected in 2012 along, Intel has confirmed, along with ten OEMs designing tablets based on the latest Atom processors, as the company pushes ahead with its MacBook Air and iPad rivalry. Key to Intel's IDF Beijing 2012 conference is power consumption - or, more accurately, how it's dropping - with chips for phones, tablets and notebooks all expected to slash their energy additions and boost both runtime and standby. Meanwhile, there are significant graphics improvements also on the cards. Read The Full Story

Temple Run for Android to be announced via Facebook

Chris Burns, Feb 20th 2012 Discuss [0]

The game known as Temple Run is only 6 months old and is already one of the most downloaded games in the history of iOS* - and it's time for the Android version. Believe it or not, one of the top search terms in our system right this minute is none other than "Temple Run Android", so we've decided to do a bit more digging than we normally would for a game release. What's turned up is a promise by the folks responsible for the Temple Run game, developers from Imangi Studios, that the release date will be dropped nowhere else but their own Facebook Group. Read The Full Story

Intel to aid smaller companies to increase Ultrabook production

Christen McGregor, Dec 6th 2011 Discuss [3]

Intel is aiming to bridge the gap between manufacturers and smaller brands, in an effort to build more ultrabooks. The manufacturers Intel is targeting include Pegatron, Compal, Quanta. Since bigger brands - Dell, Acer, and Asus, have already dabbled in the manufacturing of ultrabooks, Intel will focus on bridging the gap between brands such as Viewsonic, Motion Computing, and Epson. Read The Full Story

Android tablet with x86 Medfield chip due Q1 2012

Rue Liu, Sep 14th 2011 Discuss [1]

Intel revealed that the first Android tablets based on an x86 processor should be available in Q1 of 2012. This tablet could be very similar to the Red Ridge reference design tablet that the chip maker showed off during IDF to demo Android 3.2 Honeycomb running on a Medfield-based tablet.

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DisplayLink debuts first USB 3.0 graphics adapter at IDF 2011

Shane McGlaun, Sep 14th 2011 Discuss [1]

DisplayLink has announced the first USB 3.0 graphics adapter this week at IDF 2011. DisplayLink has been offering USB graphics adapters making it easy to add more screens to your computer for a while now. The new adapter that has been announced is the first to take advantage of the faster USB 3.0 port. The adapter using USB 3.0 that has been unveiled is by a company called Winstars and is dubbed the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 to HDMI adapter. Read The Full Story

Intel Haswell chip boasts 24 hours on one charge

Rue Liu, Sep 13th 2011 Discuss [5]

During Intel's Developer Forum today, the chip maker revealed its next-gen Haswell chip architecture set to debut in 2013. It will be the successor to the Ivy Bridge architecture, which has yet to ship for 2012, and is built on the same 22nm process but promises up to a 20-fold reduction of overall power consumption. Read The Full Story

Android partners with Intel for new Medfield-based tablets, smartphones

Rue Liu, Sep 13th 2011 Discuss [1]

Google and Intel announced a new partnership today at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) that will make future Android releases optimized for Intel chips in addition to the current de facto ARM-based chips. Android smartphone and tablet prototypes were even shown off during the event, running on Intel Atom chips. Read The Full Story

Fusion Garage Grid 10 drops TabCo disguise: 10-inch custom slate

Chris Davies, Aug 15th 2011 Discuss [14]

TabCo has come clean, and as expected the “brand behind the brand” is Fusion Garage. The CEO behind the underwhelming JooJoo, Chandra Rathakrishnan, is back with his team’s second attempt at a tablet, along with the confession that “our initial [JooJoo] hype did not meet the performance of the product.” Grid 10 is the slate he believes will change all that, based on the Android kernel but with “a stunning” interface on top.

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Qualcomm buys GestureTek gesture-recognition tech for Snapdragon

Chris Davies, Jul 25th 2011 Discuss [1]

Qualcomm has acquired a bundle of gesture recognition technologies from developer GestureTek, promising to integrate the systems into current and future Snapdragon chipsets. While the exact technologies in question are not specified - Qualcomm only says "certain intellectual property assets related to gesture recognition, as well as key engineering resources" - the systems are likely to allow for motion-based control of future smartphones, tablets and home entertainment devices, similar to what Microsoft's Kinect offers on the Xbox 360. Read The Full Story