Posts tagged intel
Intel Pushes Atom CPU to Drive Storage Devices
Mar 8th
While Intel’s Atom has a near-monopoly on the netbook market, that’s not the only place the processor will be practicing its power-miserly ways. Intel launched at CeBit its first Atom processor-based platform optimized for networked home and small office/home office (SOHO) storage devices.
The energy-efficient platform consists of the Atom processor D410 single-core or D510 dual-core and the 82801IR I/O Controller to run network-attached storage (NAS) devices that organize, manage, protect and share documents, photos, videos and music.
Core i7 – Turbo Boost
Jan 10th
One of the new and often unknown features of the Intel Core i7 along with Hyper threading (which gives 4 Virtual Cores extra to the 4 that are already there) is Turbo Boost. It is activated when the Operating System (OS) requests the highest CPU Performance state (P0).
Are Netbooks for you?
Jan 9th
In 2009 there was a big movement in providing a cut down laptop which featured a 8.9” Screen, Intel Atom Processor and even some running from Solid state drives. The goal of these were highly portable computers that you could just chuck in your bag with long battery life and of course cheaper then a full blown laptop. Many people looked at these and fancied buying one thinking they could use them while out and about seen as they were so light and small but do they suit every need? Let us break it down.
