Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) recently agreed to manufacture chips for Altera, a maker of programmable logic circuits (PLC), or intricate digital circuits. The decision to open its manufacturing plant to custom builds could have long-term repercussions at the company, quite possibly extending to an agreement to make chips for a few choice mobile device makers down the road. Why?
ZTE announced a new partnership with Intel today, revealing that its future smartphones will run the upcoming Atom Z2580 processor. The Atom Z2580 debuted at Mobile World Congress and is a dual-core chip that can run up to 2.0GHz with Hyper-Threading support for better multi-tasking. This isn’t the first time that ZTE will use Intel Atom processors.
Intel announced it will roll out a 22-nanometer (nm) version of the Atom processor in 2013 codenamed & Silvermont,& followed by a 14nm & Airmont& Atom in 2014.
New information is emerging about Intel's future Atom processors, which are downsizing in order to meet the power and space requirements of mobile devices.
Aaeon announced two COMs (computer on modules) that are available with Intel's 1.66GHz Atom N455 processor. The NanoCOM-LN uses the COM Express Ultra format and has 1GB of soldered-on memory, and the ETX-LN uses the ETX format, has a DIMM slot for up to 2GB of RAM, and is further available with the dual-core Atom D525 or the D425, both clocked at 1.8GHz....
WinSystems announced an EPIC-format single board computer (SBC) that operates in temperatures of -40 to 70 deg. F (-40 to 158 deg C). Offered with a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 or dual-core D510, the EPX-C380 ships with up to 2GB DDR2 SDRAM, plus CompactFlash, SATA, PC-104-Plus, Mini PCI Express, gigabit Ethernet, USB, serial, and GPIO connectivity, says the company....
Think Jelly Bean will only be limited to chipsets such as Snapdragons and Tegra-based chips? Well think again— Android newcomer Intel has confirmed its Atom processors on both phones and tablets will eventually support the newest Android OS.
Commell announced a pico-ITX SBC (single board computer) featuring Intel's & Pineview& Atom processors. The LP-170 offers N450, D410, or D510 CPUs clocked at 1.66GHz, a SATA port and CompactFlash slot, gigabit Ethernet, two serial ports, and a PCI Express Mini Card slot, the company says....
Leaked documents suggest that Intel's new Atom System-on-a-Chip processors will come in one, two, and four core variants, have clocks speeds ranging from 1.2GHz to 2.4GHz, and feature a 7th-generation GPU that is up to seven times faster than current Atom offerings.