Articles Tagged “intel”
Tizen OS shown running Android apps on video
by Bams Sadewo on May 17, 2012 3 Comments">3
With Samsung reportedly planning to pull the plug on Bada OS by next year, the Korean company will be able to allocate more resources to its fledgling Tizen mobile operating system. Tizen is a new open source mobile platform that Samsung and Intel have been developing under the Tizen Association umbrella. But mind you, it’s not an exclusive association of the two giants — Sprint has also joined the club recently and promised to carry Tizen devices in its future phone lineup. So, what’s new on the Tizen front? OpenMobile is a company that provides an intermediary layer that allows …
Intel Medfield-powered Lava Xolo X900 gets benchmarked, performs surprisingly well
by Adrian Diaconescu on Apr 26, 2012 3 Comments">3
We’ve been waiting for a while now to see Intel make its push into the mobile CPU market and challenge Nvidia and Qualcomm’s leading positions in the industry. While we didn’t expect much from the Lava Xolo X900, the first smartphone to be powered by a Medfield processor, we might be in for a surprise. The X900 has just been released in India, the only market where it is currently set to make an appearance, and the first tests and benchmarks, conducted by the guys at Anandtech, show that this little guy is no pushover. Even though it’s powered by a …
Intel’s Medfield-based StudyBook tablet rumored to be aimed at emerging markets
by Mike Andrici on Apr 08, 2012 3 Comments">3
Sure, Intel is a few years late to the smartphone and tablet game, but that doesn’t matter, right? I mean, this is Intel. Anyway, if recent stories are to serve as any indication, we shouldn’t count the mammoth company from Santa Clara out quite yet. Intel is aggressively pushing its Medfield chip as an alternative to ARM architectures, and really wants to make up for lost time. While w2e’ve previously reported on claims that Intel’s Medfield chip will make its way into a number of mid-range smartphones, up to this point, we’ve had no information on a possible Medfield tablet. Much …
Atom Z2580 to be the first CPU manufactured on Intel’s new 14nm technology
by Mike Andrici on Apr 06, 2012 2 Comments">2
We were fully aware about Intel has plans to release a smartphone/tablet processor built on the 14nm manufacturing process at some point before 2014. But when the official announcement was made (back in February at the Mobile World Congress 2012 when Intel revealed their Smartphone Platform Roadmap) there was no indication regarding the other CPUs Intel plans to manufacture using the new technology. In this context, today I’m reporting on a very interesting rumor that has recently surfaced at SemiWiki, claiming that the LTE-enabled Intel Atom Z2580 will be the first CPU Intel manufactured using the 14nm technology. With sales …
Nvidia’s CEO does a little trash talking: “Intel should manufacture our processors”
by Mike Andrici on Mar 27, 2012 1 Comments">1
In a recent interview with Forbes, Nvidia’s CEO Jen-Hsun Huang stated that the group of companies that manufacture ARM-based mobile processors are beginning to create a dent in Intel’s impressive global CPU market share lead. Granted, as smartphone sales have recently surpassed PC sales, this is obviously something Intel should watch out for in the future. But when it comes to numbers, Intel still accounts for more than 80% of PC and server processors sold in 2011. I wouldn’t call that a dent. The entire interview seems more like a marketing jab, especially considering the fact that Intel is about …
Intel’s Medfield chip limited to the entry-level smartphone market, report claims
by Mike Andrici on Mar 21, 2012 0 Comments">0
Announced back in January at CES 2012 Las Vegas, the Medfield chip represents Intel’s latest attempt to enter the smartphone processor market, one currently dominated by Qualcomm and Nvidia (both using ARM architectures for their designs). Although Intel has high hopes that, starting with the second quarter of this year, major manufacturers will choose to implement the Medfield chip in their upcoming flagship superphones, a recent report from Digitimes claims that the Intel Atom Z2460 CPU will be more popular in the entry-level market instead, one significantly less profitable than the high-end sector. We’ve previously reported about the Medfield chip …
Run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich on Your PC
by Gary Sims on Mar 08, 2012 4 Comments">4
Android, at the moment at least, runs primarily on devices with ARM based CPUs. The ARM CPU is a special low-power, high performance chip designed to run in devices rather than in desktop computers. However, like Linux, it isn’t restricted to only running on ARM chips. It can also run on MIPS (another type of device centric chip) and on Intel x86 chips that are found in PCs. Although Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was released to the public last year, it has taken a few months to port the current source code to the Intel x86 platform. A few days ago the …
Would You Buy an Intel Powered Android Device?
by Darcy LaCouvee on Feb 28, 2012 9 Comments">9
We’ve had the privilege of being able to speak with Intel on several occasions, as well as with manufacturers that are planning on putting their fresh hot tech in upcoming generations of Android devices. Really though, to be honest, I just don’t know. In the tech world, everyone with half a brain knows that absolutely everything is going mobile. Even a cursory glance will show that PC’s are going the way of the dinosaurs. With sales of smartphones already exceeding sales of PCs in the past short while, Intel and others in the business of making powerful, yet power-hungry processors are …
A Glimpse at the First Motorola Android 4.0 Intel Powered Smartphone
by Christine Torralba on Feb 15, 2012 0 Comments">0
At CES last month, Motorola and Intel made an announcement for a multi-year, multi-device partnership. Less than a month later, the two companies are ready to unveil the very first device from that partnership—slated for the Mobile World Congress happening in Barcelona just a few days away. As of this writing, there has been no official information about said device. But luckily, PocketNow’s Evan Blass shared the very first photo of the device. He also shared that the camera of the unit will be its major selling point; especially its 15 frame-per-second burst capture. Now we’re excited to see what …
Windows 8 Tablets to Cost Twice as Much as High-End Android Tablets ($600-$900)
by Lucian Armasu on Jan 16, 2012 5 Comments">5
I can’t say this comes as a completely surprise to me, but Digitimes reports that Intel-powered Windows 8 tablets will cost anywhere between $600 and $900. The reason this doesn’t come off as a surprise is because I knew x86 hardware, and especially Intel hardware, will add significantly to the cost of the tablets. Just look at what it has done to the original Google TV set top box, and also to the Chromebooks. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that all smart TV makers want to use ARM instead. Intel hardware is just much more expensive than ARM hardware, …
First Intel Powered Android Prototypes Spotted at CES
by Christine Torralba on Jan 13, 2012 0 Comments">0
At CES this year, Intel’s booth was crowded with a number of Android prototypes running on 32mm Intel Atom processors. These prototypes are Intel’s entry level phones to Android as they venture into this field. Through the prototypes, Intel got to let their viewers experience the benefits of using Atom over the other mobile processors. However, the actual unit they displayed on the booth was a prototype of a developer device which they will not be releasing into the market. Running on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, the prototype was loaded with the right software that aimed to showcase Intel’s mobile chipset’s …
Intel Medfield Android Device on CES 2012; Keep Your Fingers Crossed
by Christine Torralba on Jan 03, 2012 2 Comments">2
For its participation in this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2012), LG is entering with one of the most anticipated devices at this time. If you have already heard about the upcoming Intel Medfield Android devices that LG will launch on January 10, here’s a little background on the powerful merger between the two companies. In last year’s CES 2011, LG and Intel were both set to launch the Intel Moorestown-based LG GW990. Sadly, the event didn’t happen because both parties decided to pull out the project due to a lack of marketability in the product. Even though the first …
A Look at Intel’s First Medfield Powered Smartphone and Tablet
by Christine Torralba on Dec 24, 2011 5 Comments">5
In line with our previous posts about Intel joining the pool of Android smartphones and tablets, we finally have a device to show off! Boasting of a Medfield system-on-a-chip processor, the manufacturer hopes to inspire others to do the same as opposed to continuing the use of ARM-based chips. As earlier reports came in, many expected that the prototypes would run the typical x86 processor optimized with an Intel Android Gingerbread. Unfortunately, there is only a vague amount of information about the hardware of the device. The only sure thing about the prototype is that it has about the same …
MIT Tests Intel Android’s Smartphone and Tablet Prototypes
by Christine Torralba on Dec 21, 2011 0 Comments">0
With Intel’s plan to join the roster of mobile phone manufacturers, it can only be expected that great things will result from this venture. If you have been keeping a close eye on Intel, you may have already heard of their 32nm Medfield system-on-chip. Well, who wouldn’t? Considering it has been greatly talked about by the company the entire year. If you’ve been waiting for more information on this new platform, you’ll be pleased to know that we got a new update on the project. Thanks to the report of the MIT Technology Review team, we got word that they …
CES 2012: Something Big from Samsung, Sprint and Intel?
by Christine Torralba on Dec 08, 2011 1 Comments">1
For those who are anticipating the upcoming CES 2012 in January, there are some new information you can look forward to. We have enough reason to believe that on this particular event, Samsung Mobile will be launching their first Android that’s powered by Intel. To add to this bit of information, the new phone will be a property of Sprint. Recently, we’ve heard rumors that Samsung has plans to step out from the PC business; considering its immense success in Android devices. In an effort to stop this from happening, their partnership with Intel has been renewed. As you might …
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