Intel will not support Linux in its upcoming chip for laptops and tablets. That leaves Windows 8 as the only operating system that will run on the Clover Trail Atom chip.
To be clear, Linux can run on Clover Trail because it is an x86 chip. But it’s unlikely any device maker will want to go to the trouble to do it.
Intel officials have confirmed at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco on September 13 that “Clover Trail” - the upcoming version of the company’s low-power Atom processor would not support Linux.
The Clover Field processor, which can be seen in various nondescript laptops around IDF, is targeted at mobile devices, such as low-cost notebooks and tablets.
Two days after officially announcing its & Oak Trail& Atom for tablets, Intel has tipped a smaller, more power-efficient successor code-named & Cloverview.& Separately, details of the chipmaker's 2012 & Ivy Bridge& Core CPUs have been leaked by a Turkish website....
Intel announced yet another & next-generation& Atom platform, this time aimed at tablets and & sleeker& netbooks. Code-named & Oak Trail& and set for 2011 release, it will be joined in the near term by new, DDR3-supporting Atoms, the single-core N455 and D425, and dual-core N475 and D525, the chipmaker says....
Intel's new Clover Trail Z2760 Atom processors promise to bring standby battery life measured in weeks to tablets, but delays in getting the power management software approved by Microsoft could mean that tablets based on this hardware may be delayed.
Intel is planning to pay a $10-per-device subsidy to encourage the creation of Android tablets using its & Oak Trail& Atom processor, a DigiTimes report has claimed. And a relevant port of Android 3.0 (& Honeycomb& ) will be available later this year, a company executive has been quoted as saying....
Intel's new Clover Trail Z2760 Atom processors promise to bring standby battery life measured in weeks to tablets, but delays in getting the power management software approved by Microsoft could mean that tablets based on this hardware may be delayed.
Intel's new Clover Trail Z2760 Atom processors promise to bring standby battery life measured in weeks to tablets, but delays in getting the powe
The new generation of Intel's Atom platform that was codenamed Oak Trail is now shipping and will being appearing in devices next month.
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.
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