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Intel Cedarview 2011 Atom platform detailed: 32nm & DDR3 support

We’re only now seeing the first Pineview netbooks – based on Intel’s next-gen Atom platform – begin to show themselves, but details are already emerging about the silicon company’s intentions for the platform after that.  Come 2011, say Fudzilla, Intel are expected to out Cedarview, a 32nm processor with a new, DDR3-compatible memory controller.

That DDR3 compatibility is particularly interesting, as it will put Atom’s RAM support on a par with what Intel’s Core i7 – Bloomfield processors can utilize.  However Intel will limit supported memory to single-channel sticks, though you’ll at least be able to use two DIMMs; that, say Fuzdilla, is confirmed for the nettop platform, but it’s likely to be the same situation for netbooks.

Pine Trail processors are expected to ship in early 2010 – with some sources saying as early as January – with the Atom N450 and N470 processors on sale throughout next year and into 2011.  No specific release details for Cedar Trail processors are known.

[via Netbook Choice]

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Tegra Powered Inventec Smartbook Hands On

Nicole over at Netbooknews takes a look at an upcoming smartbook from Inventec powered by an NVidia Tegra T600 chipset and an ARM processor. Again, the smartbook looks just like your average netbook, but this smartbook boots up in under 10 secs and plays back 1080p HD video in under 1W of power. Inventec is still working on this smartbook to improve it and hopes manufacturers will start ordering it and rebranding it.

Checking older news posts, it seems to be the Inventec Rainbow which showed up in August this year though the specs may have changed since then.

The biggest disappointment is the Windows CE OS they’re showcasing on this model. Anything showing Windows 3.1 style windows will make me run a mile. Audio was not working as well.

Watch the video:

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Lenovo’s ThinkPad X100e gets detailed: AMD Neo-based, not a netbook

We’ve already gotten a few brief, mysterious glimpses of Lenovo’s thin-and-light ThinkPad X100e (sometimes known as the X200e), but it looks like things are now starting to get a bit more real. Contrary to previous speculation, this one’s not, it seems, a ThinkPad netbook, but an “entry ultraportable,” which apparently means that it is small, thin and light just like a netbook, and has a “netbook-like price point” — it’s just… not a netbook. Less nebulous are the device’s specs, which include an 11.6-inch, 1366 x 768 display, an AMD Athlon Neo processor, support for up to 4GB of RAM, up to a 320GB hard drive, optional 3G and GPS and, of particular note to some particular folks, a distinctly ThinkPad keyboard, trackpad and trackpoint. Still no indication of a release date just yet, but it looks like you will at least be able to get this one in your choice of black, red or white, despite its distinctly business-minded nature.

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Dell’s 11.6-inch Inspiron 11z just went on sale last month, and already the outfit is opening up the options for those not entirely pleased with the single $399 model. Starting today, a $479 configuration is available to ship with a 250GB HDD and Vista Home Premium (with a Windows 7 upgrade, of course), and if that’s still not enough, prospective customers can soon select their 11z in a variety of colors. We’re talking Alpine White, Ice Blue, Jade Green, New Cherry Red, Passion Purple and Promise Pink, with the latter contributing $5 to breast cancer research. As for optional hardware upgrades, you can slot a dual-core Pentium SU1400 CPU in there alongside 4GB of RAM and a 320GB hard drive. As of this very moment, Dell has yet to open up the CTO doors, but we’re guessing an admin is on that as we speak. Right, Dell?

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Craving for some cutting edge tech to go with your croissant this morning? Intel’s Clarkdale and Arrandale — the 32nm chips that cram the GPU and memory controller inside the CPU package — have been subjected to the discerning eye of the Hot Hardware investigators, and have shown off some significantly reduced power usage. The entire small form factor system you see above, built around a Clarkdale processor, clocked up an austere 28W when idling, and only went up to around 70W under full load, which you can just about make out on the wattmeter beside it. Limited to two processing cores due to the added complexity inside the chip, these might lack the juice to oust Core i7 rigs, but if the laptop parts reflect similar power savings, it’s difficult to imagine a more desirable CPU for your next mobile computer. Hit the read link for some synthetic benchmarks and further impressions.

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