Tag archive: Intel

Intel's push into the world of mobile device processors appears to be moving forward, as a new image has been leaked of what's believed to be Motorola's first smartphone to use Intel's Medfield system-on-a-chip. A prototype phone using the Atom-based chip was revealed late last year, and although LG was rumored to be producing a device for Intel, it was Lenovo and Motorola who announced at CES 2012 they would be making… Read More

Chipmaking giant Intel and digital media outfit Real Networks have announced a surprise deal that sees Intel paying RealNetworks $120 million for about 190 RealNetworks patents, 170 patent applications, and RealNetworks' forthcoming next-generation video codec software. Under the deal, RealNetworks will continue to have the right to use its old patents in current and future products; however, the patents will belong to Intel, and the… Read More

The battle over which data cable standard will dominate in the years ahead is beginning to heat up. With USB 3.0 beginning to take off, the fate of Intel's high-speed Thunderbolt port has been under scrutiny as of late. Everything runs on USB and though Apple has been a huge proponent of the new Thunderbolt port, including it as one of the only ports on its entire line of MacBook computers, support from the world's most popular tech… Read More

Have you ever wondered why your PC is so expensive? Well, a good portion of that cash goes straight into the pockets of Intel for its processors and Microsoft for Windows. Unfortunately, while the market has seen that the days of expensive PCs are over, executives at Microsoft and Intel may fight to retain high PC prices as we move into the next era of the PC: tablets. Tablet PCs are slowly taking over the market. With Windows 8, even Microsoft… Read More

Samsung made a big deal of its Bada mobile operating system when it was launched back in 2009, using words such as “ground-breaking” and “iconic” when describing it. Since then it has achieved around 2% market share and several phones using it have been released, including the Wave 3, which also introduced the second version of Bada. But Bada's days as a standalone mobile OS are numbered, as Samsung has decided… Read More

CES is finally over. While I didn’t see any iPod-, iPhone-, or iPad-level products in terms of excitement this year, there were some interesting products that I could see spending money on. Here are some of the announcements that got my attention during the show. Nokia Lumia 900 Nokia was once the most powerful cell phone manufacturer in the world, but that was last decade, and the company entered this decade at risk. Still, it arguably had the… Read More

As expected, Intel is making a heavy push into the Ultrabook field, and the coming year will be the year of the Ultrabook, if the manufacturer has anything to say about it. At CES today, Intel unveiled a handful of new technology to compete with in the super thin computer field that both imitates and innovates. It is no secret that Intel has had its eye on the ultraportable market for a while now.  It has sunk hundreds of millions into… Read More

The next generation of Google TV devices will be powered by ARM-based processors, according to an announcement from chip manufacturer Marvell. The company's ARMADA 1500 HD “Foresight” system-on-a-chip (SoC) is said to provide better performance, and consume less energy, than Intel's x86-based C4100 Atom processor, which powered the Logitech's original Google TV devices. The ARMADA 1500 SoC packs a dual-core CPU… Read More

It's looking more and more like Ultrabooks will dominate the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next week. Today, HP sent The Verge a teaser video for its upcoming Envy Sceptre Ultrabook. The shot above is taken from the end of the video, which consists mostly of computer generated panes of glass folding in and out like laptop screens. It appears to be heavily modified, but it's clear that the device will be thin. We don't know… Read More

Windows 8 will hit shelves sometime in the latter half of 2012 and manufacturers already seem to be excited. Both Acer and Lenovo are rumored to launch Intel-based Windows 8 tablets in the third quarter of 2012, reports DigiTimes. Both companies will supposedly use a new Intel mobile processor codenamed “Clover Trail” that's been designed specifically for Android-based smartphones and tablets. Since these tablets will run on… Read More

Over the past month or so, Intel has made its intentions towards the smartphone processor market clear — they want a slice of the pie that ARM currently has almost entirely to themselves. The formation of a unit dedicated to tackling the mobile sector was the first step, then came details on the Medfield chip and a look at the company's test device. The Medfield is Intel's latest, power-efficient system-on-a-chip, expressly… Read More

Forget smart phones, how about a smart vending machine? Food giant Kraft recently teamed up with Intel to produce the iSample vending machine, capable of studying what kinds of people are buying their goods. The technology comprises an optical sensor fitted at the top of the machine that sends information about the shopper’s face to a computer running software capable of working out the person’s gender and age. The iSample machine being trialed… Read More

Hot on the heels of the formation of their new Mobile and Communications Group, Intel's first prototype hardware has begun to circulate, giving the mobile market a glimpse of an Intel-powered future. The so-called “reference design” phones and tablets hide Intel's Medfield chip, designed to take on the might of industry leader ARM. Based on the Atom processor, the new Medfield chip takes a different approach to… Read More

Chips from Intel Corporation may power the majority of desktop and notebook computers, but despite substantial investment and lots of big talk, the company is essentially a non-entity in the world of mobile phones and tablet computing, where devices powered by power-sipping chips based on designs from ARM rule the industry. Now, Intel is going to try—again—to get its foot in the mobile industry, announcing a new Mobile and Communications Group… Read More

Microsoft's decision to mix and mash the classic Windows 7 desktop with the brand new Windows Phone-like Metro-style UI of Windows 8 has been controversial since we first saw it. In our tests, we found that while the OS worked well enough, the styles and design of the new and old desktops clashed. We assume Microsoft is working to smooth this over for Intel machines, but if Windows expert Paul Thurrott is correct, Windows 8 will not have… Read More