Ultraportables Announce WiMAX
Posted by samc on January 7th, 2008OQO demonstrated the first UMPC with embedded Sprint XOHM WiMAX at CES today. The newest model, which weighs 1 lb., sells for $1,299, a drop of $400 from the price versions shipped a year ago, a spokesman said. OQO also offers a high-end version that will include 64GB of storage and a display optimized to be used in sunlight.
At the Consumer Electronics Show at Las Vegas this week, Intel will display ultramobile PCs based on Menlow architecture from vendors including Asus, BenQ and Lenovo.
MIDs differ from UMPCs in that they are smaller, generally don’t have full keyboards and use Linux with Intel’s new mobile processor. Intel’s WiMAX products will include both laptops and smaller handheld devices such as UltraMobile PCs and Mobile Internet Devices.
Intel’s Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) will be moving to the faster, more power efficient Menlow platform, but won’t be available until mid-year. Intel is developing a WiMax silicon chip codenamed “Baxter Peak” for MIDs. It will be an option similar to how Echo Peak is an option for Centrino notebooks. Nokia will use Baxter Peak on its WiMax-enabled N-series internet tablets, expected to ship in 2008.
Menlow-based devices will ship in the first half of 2008 and include the low-power Silverthorne processor and Poulsbo chipset. Intel didn’t release further details on that platform today.
Montevina, Intel’s new laptop architecture, will also not be available until mid-year. Intel plans to add WiMax to Montevina laptops using Echo Peak, a minicard that integrates WiMax and Wi-Fi technology on one chip.
Other WiMax-related announcements at CES:
- Networks In Motion, which develops wireless navigation and location-based services technology, said today that it is showing a new WiMax connected navigation system at CES. NIM said that the new hardware is a “proof of concept” which shows how WiMax can be used for keeping in-car navigation systems up to date.
- Asus is expected to introduce a new version of its tiny Eee PC packing Intel WiMAX silicon. New versions of the Eee PC are also expected to have larger screens with higher resolution with pricing closer to $499.
- LG’s HSDPA ultraportable runs Vista on Silverthorne. It features a 1,024 x 600 touchscreen.
- ZyXEL announced their MAX200 WiMAX gateway with a built-in Wi-Fi and VoIP adapter. An outdoor gateway version, called the MAX300, is also available.
- The iRiver Wing is a small UMPC with a touchscreen and 4GB of flash storage.
- Intel showed off new Silverthorne processors in a whole new line of smaller, faster and more power efficient UMPCs.
UMPC Portal has the latest.
Intel Rolls Out Laptop Penryn
Posted by samc on January 7th, 2008
Intel today officially launched Penryn-based dual-core processors for notebooks, with many new models shown on the floor at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today (Blogrunner and Business Wire).
Manufactured using the 45-nanometer process, the new CPUs will provide laptops with better performance and improved battery life, said Mooly Eden, vice president and general manager of Intel Mobile Platforms Group. Among the 16 new products, 12 are designed for new laptops and desktops products and four are for servers.
To preserve battery life, the Penryn-based Core 2 Duo processors have an advanced power management state called Deep Power Down Technology (pdf), which reduces a processor’s power when not functional.
While cutting down on power usage, Penryn processors jump to higher clock rates and feature cache and design improvements that boost the processors’ performance compared with earlier 65nm processors, Intel has said. The improved processors deliver better video performance with the help of instruction sets designed to process graphics and high-definition video tasks.
Penryn processors feature smaller (45 nm) transistors and cut down on electricity leaks. The processors use high-k metal-gate transistors, which make the processors faster and less leaky compared with earlier processors that have silicon gates.
The improved Centrino mobile platform, called Santa Rosa Refresh, will feature the Intel Mobile 965 processor and support for 802.11n wireless networking. An upgrade to the platform, code-named Montevina, is already being planned by Intel and is due out in the second half of this year. Montevina will include Echo Peak, a mini-card that integrates WiMax and Wi-Fi wireless technology on one chip.
Intel says up tp to 2x greater range and up to 5x better performance will be enabled by their 2×3 MIMO Draft N implementation, featuring 2 spatial streams.
The new Core 2 Duo processors — the T8100, T8300, T9300 and T9500 — feature clock speeds between 2.10 GHz and 2.6 GHz, with 3MB to 6MB of shared Level 2 cache. The Core 2 Extreme model (X9000), designed for gamers, runs at 2.8GHz. Prices for the chips range from $209 for the T8100 chip to $530 for the T9500.
Intel also added Penryn-based server and desktop processors today.
Intel’s four, dual-core desktop processors, include the Intel Core 2 Duo E8500, which runs at 3.16 GHz, with 6MB of L2 cache and is priced at $266.
The company also introduced four Intel Xeon processors for servers and workstations; they are expected to ship this quarter. Intel’s quadl-core processors still have power-consumption issues and are not ideal for laptops yet, says Intel. Quad-core processors may first make their way to the high-end gaming and workstation notebooks that require heavy processing power, according to the company.
Some of the new Penryn laptops include:
- The Asus Penryn M51SN boasts a 15.4-inch WSXGA + display, NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS graphics, a max 250GB hard drive, up to 4GB of RAM, and your choice of DVD, HD-DVD or Blu-ray drives
- Fujitsu-Siemens, after unveiling 12.1-inch LOOX R, has two more Penryn notebooks, the Amilo Xi 2550 and 2428 Duo T8300 (2.4GHz) and T9300 (2.6GHz) respectively. Both will retail with a starting price of $1,763.
- The Toshiba Satellite X205-SLI4 (2,489.99), the company’s new 17-inch gaming laptop, has a 2.1GHz clock, 3MB of L2 cache and two Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT graphics cards. Toshiba’s 13.3-inch U305 ($854) comes with Intel Core 2 Duo T8100 (2.1 GHz), 2GB RAM, Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100, 250GB SATA storage, and DVD Super Multi DL.
- Lenovo ThinkPad R61 and T61 notebooks now incorporate the T8100 or the T8300, which is clocked at 2.4GHz. The most affordable among the R61 notebooks with the new processors is a model priced at $1,080. It comes with 1GB of system memory and a 160GB hard drive. The cheapest ThinkPad T61 with the Core 2 Duo “Penryn” costs $1,215 and includes 1GB of RAM and a 120GB HDD.
- The HP Compaq 6820s with a 17-inch screen will have the latest Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile “Penryn” while the new HP laptops also some in multi-media models.
- The Sony FZ VAIO now comes with a T8100 Penryn Processor and HDMI out. The LT is selling for $2200.
Notebook sales increased to 31.6 million units during 2007 (a rise of 21 percent) while desktop sales dipped to 35 million units (a fall of 4 percent) for the overall PC market. Notebooks are expected to gain momentum in the coming years and are projected to reach 66 percent overall PC marketshare (71 percent for consumers) by 2011.
source : dailywireless.org
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