HP Mini 5103 and the Intel Atom N550

Last week, Intel announced that dual-core Intel Atom N550 CPUs were shipping. In the press release, HP wasn’t specifically mentioned. HotHardware was poking around in the Energy Star profile (EnergyStar.gov) of the HP Mini 5103 netbook as well as a user manual and discovered a … Read more

Dual-Core Intel Atom N550 Available in Netbooks today

Intel has formally announced that as of today, a dozen new netbooks are available on the new dual-core Intel Atom N550 processors. Intel Atom N550 “Pineview” Details: – 64-bit, 45nm, with SSE3 and XD bit – Dual-core, Hyper-Threading – 1.5 GHz – Built-in GPU is … Read more

SSD Roundup/Benchmarks for MacBook Pros

Bare Feats has put together a set of benchmarks with the second generation of Solid State Drives (SSDs) using the new 2010 Core i5 and i7 Apple MacBook Pros. Included in the benchmarks are Apple’s normal Hard Drive options as well as their 512GB SSD … Read more

Intel’s Austin Chip Design Team Looking Beyond Atom

The Austin-American Statesman has taken a fairly comprehensive at the Intel Corporation’s chip design center in Austin, Texas, along with the chip design team responsible for the Intel Atom. The article mentions that Intel is aggressively looking to push Atom-based technology into other markets, not … Read more

Intel Gets Aggressive with CULV

DigiTimes is reporting that Intel is getting extremely aggressive in promoting the upcoming CULV platform. CULV – Consumer Ultra Low Voltage, is expected to shake up the ultraportable laptop/notebook market. Up until now, typical Ultra Low Voltage (ULV) laptops were fairly pricey – normally starting … Read more