Intel Atom Z670 for tablets, are three times more expensive than an Nvidia Tegra 2?

Tablets Kote 14 March 2011 | 07: 37 To vote this post connect with Facebook Connect

I do not think that there are many doubts about the success of the tablets in the market, but there is still much cake for sharing and all the protagonists, from hardware manufacturers to creators of operating systems, are aware of this.

Bets of Google and Apple are clearly winning horses, but we must not forget that Microsoft is preparing its way. The from Redmond, as usual in their operating systems, go in the first instance for X 86 architectures, hand in hand with Intel.

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Intel has ready his latest development within the family Atom, known as Oak Trail, with the internal name of Z670 for the higher performance model. On the chip, and as the reason for this news, has been leaked that it will be priced at $ 75, in the face of manufacturers.

This price represents a value higher than the previous Atoms, and more expensive than other alternatives "not Intel". We more important comparison can do with the more widespread chipset (if we leave aside the A4 chip) on the market of the tablets: Nvidia Tegra 2.

Famous dual-core based on ARM Cortex-A9 is priced at around $ 20 for manufacturers, and their balance power/autonomy is difficult to beat for Intel options.

Ultimately, three times more expensive, by what we think we really need Intel to adjust the prices of the new processor to be competitive in the market, which we should remember that hand in hand with Windows 7, it also entails the payment of license.

If we consider that in addition to Nvidia we have Texas Instruments and Qualcomm welcoming to the rest of tablets on the market, the space for Intel is shrinking, not to mention the intentions NVIDIA with its Project Kal - El, with Quad before the end of the year.

Most important benefits of the Intel Atom Z670 are their 1. 66 GHz (single core, 2 threads), 512 KB of cache memory and a 5W TDP thermal design power. Although we are talking about a processor, it will be distributed within a SoC (System on Chip).

Some products already presented to used Oak Trail are tablets and netbooks from major manufacturers, good friends with Microsoft, such as Asus, Acer and Samsung. We highlight some of them like Samsung PC7, MSI WindPad 100W, or Fujitsu Stylistic Q550.

Intel Oak is not only the hardware that arises as ideal for tablets and netbooks that use Windows 7 operating system, is also a reference for MeeGo products that have to go out to the market. Please remember that Intel also is developing to Medfield, a geared more to the Smartphone platform.

In addition to MeeGo version 1.2, they advance us that to Google's operating system support will in future come in their latest versions, as they are turning to Intel processors.

Curious this filtration is that previously had been informed that the price would be about $ 25, a very competitive price for a chipset based on x 86, of low power consumption architecture. With the use of MeeGo, an operating system that does not have to pay license, you could put affordable products on the market. It seems that at the end the accounts will come out slightly higher.

Vía | Fudzilla

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Intel Atom Z670 for tablets, are three times more expensive than an Nvidia Tegra 2?

Tablets Kote 14 March 2011 | 07: 37 To vote this post connect with Facebook Connect

I do not think that there are many doubts about the success of the tablets in the market, but there is still much cake for sharing and all the protagonists, from hardware manufacturers to creators of operating systems, are aware of this.

Bets of Google and Apple are clearly winning horses, but we must not forget that Microsoft is preparing its way. The from Redmond, as usual in their operating systems, go in the first instance for X 86 architectures, hand in hand with Intel.

To be able to vote this post you must login or register here.To vote this post connect with Facebook Connect

Intel has ready his latest development within the family Atom, known as Oak Trail, with the internal name of Z670 for the higher performance model. On the chip, and as the reason for this news, has been leaked that it will be priced at $ 75, in the face of manufacturers.

This price represents a value higher than the previous Atoms, and more expensive than other alternatives "not Intel". We more important comparison can do with the more widespread chipset (if we leave aside the A4 chip) on the market of the tablets: Nvidia Tegra 2.

Famous dual-core based on ARM Cortex-A9 is priced at around $ 20 for manufacturers, and their balance power/autonomy is difficult to beat for Intel options.

Ultimately, three times more expensive, by what we think we really need Intel to adjust the prices of the new processor to be competitive in the market, which we should remember that hand in hand with Windows 7, it also entails the payment of license.

If we consider that in addition to Nvidia we have Texas Instruments and Qualcomm welcoming to the rest of tablets on the market, the space for Intel is shrinking, not to mention the intentions NVIDIA with its Project Kal - El, with Quad before the end of the year.

Most important benefits of the Intel Atom Z670 are their 1. 66 GHz (single core, 2 threads), 512 KB of cache memory and a 5W TDP thermal design power. Although we are talking about a processor, it will be distributed within a SoC (System on Chip).

Some products already presented to used Oak Trail are tablets and netbooks from major manufacturers, good friends with Microsoft, such as Asus, Acer and Samsung. We highlight some of them like Samsung PC7, MSI WindPad 100W, or Fujitsu Stylistic Q550.

Intel Oak is not only the hardware that arises as ideal for tablets and netbooks that use Windows 7 operating system, is also a reference for MeeGo products that have to go out to the market. Please remember that Intel also is developing to Medfield, a geared more to the Smartphone platform.

In addition to MeeGo version 1.2, they advance us that to Google's operating system support will in future come in their latest versions, as they are turning to Intel processors.

Curious this filtration is that previously had been informed that the price would be about $ 25, a very competitive price for a chipset based on x 86, of low power consumption architecture. With the use of MeeGo, an operating system that does not have to pay license, you could put affordable products on the market. It seems that at the end the accounts will come out slightly higher.

Vía | Fudzilla

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Sony PlayStation Suite approaching Nvidia Tegra 2, paving the way to their tablets

Cell phones, game consoles and video games, Tablets Kote 11 March 2011 | 11: 00 To vote this post connect with Facebook Connect

Lucky users of devices with hardware nvidia tegra have reason to be happy in regards the recreational ground, since that support PlayStation Suite in these devices has been formalized.

Some users browsing the Tegra Zone application on compatible devices like Motorola Xoom, found the announcement of the arrival of the games that lay in playstation Suite to its platform.

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Seems to be Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is not only, but we must also bear in mind that the games will be developed for the Sony machine, so it will explode not higher graphic Tegra 2 power, but seen from another angleexpand the catalog with good games also is a welcome idea.

We recall that playstation Suite features cross-platformdevelopment tools, but with destination to Android, such devices and how we explained in the presentation. The next laptop from Sony, the NGP, can also access the games developed.

We do not know if the Playstation Suite content management will come pre-loaded on phones or will have to be found in the Android Market. Yes we can report that a couple of games are being developed, in addition to the PSOne classics, where there is quality material to stop a train. Eventually will come some PlayStation 2 title.

This approach by Sony Ericsson to Nvidia also informs us of future plans, would not surprise us anything that we soon see a phone with the increasingly more famous Tegra 2, or who knows if the Project Kal - El, the internal name that is known to Nvidia Tegra 3that it will debut the 4 cores in the processor.

We remind you that Sony has a pair of devices in the oven, both framed in the field of the tablets, which wants to become the second manufacturer during 2012:

Sony S1, will be a tablet of 9.4 inches, with some original detail in their forms to be used with one hand.

The information we had is that they would come motorized Nvidia Tegra 2 and the chosen operating system Android, so it seems that they are preparing the way.

Sony intends that Next Generation Portable, NGP for friends, is at least in a territory of the important in 2011, logical thinking in Japan, or possibly North America, but more difficult would be to see in Europe first.

To our surprise, it seems that Europe can be your first destination, with the date of November 11 in the calendar. Too soon to give us confirmation on this, but look good medially that 11/11/11.

Vía | IntoMobile | Android and Me | Joystiq

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