The big question mark surrounding tablets is whether or not this emerging market will eat into netbook sales, or if the two segments can co-exist. If Asus’ recent netbook performance is any indication, we may have our answer.
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Asus has gone and shipped off its new Eee PC 1015PN netbook to Europe, the company’s first to be built around Nvidia’s Ion 2 platform.
A little late in the game or not, AMD recently said it wanted to focus more attention on the netbook market rather than jump into tablets. Helping AMD do that is Asus, which plans on releasing an AMD-based Eee PC later this year. It’s called the Eee PC 1015T, and according to the spec sheet on display at Computex, the upcoming netbook comes configured with an AMD V105 processor inside. The 10.1-inch netbook also sports an ATI Radeon HD 4200 series GPU, up to 4GB of DDR3 memory, 250GB/300GB hard drive with 500GB of cloud storage (Asus WebStorage), 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, optional Bluetooth 3.0, 6-cell battery, and Windows 7 along with the pre-boot Express Gate OS. Otherwise, the Eee PC 1015T retains the familiar Seashell design as previous Eee PC netbooks along with a glossy finish. No word on when or where Asus plans to bring this one to market, or for how much.
Image Credit: Engadget [...] AMD has released the ATI Catalyst 10.4 WHQL video card drivers to the public for download. This release of ATI Catalyst brings performance improvements in one game title… [...]
Intel isn’t the only one getting jiggy with six-core desktop chips, AMD’s planning a six-core party of its own. One motherboard maker who won’t be showing up fashionably late is Asus, who this week announced a full range of mobos ready to support the upcoming Phenom II X6 parts. "Besides being ready to support six-core processors, the Asus M4 Series gives users of every level the best performance and value with tis Core Unlocker feature," said Joe Hsieh, General Manger of Asus Motherboard Business. "This has received notable recognition from many of the world’s top media organizations for deliver a phenomenal boost in performance." There are several M4-based boards representing a variety of chipsets ready to support the 6-core parts, all of which will require a BIOS update. If you’re planning to upgrade, be sure to check out which BIOS version you need (see list here) and get to flashing!
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It doesn’t matter how good you’ve been all year, Santa won’t be placing an Atom N450-based netbook under the Christmas tree this year. But on the bright side, you may not have to wait long. According to reports, Asus, Acer, Lenovo, and MSI, all of which originally planned on launching Atom N450-based netbooks this month, will release the units on January 11, 2010. The decision to hold off until then complies with their agreement with Intel to only launch the products after January 10. There will be three versions of Atom N450-based netbooks using different OSes, the most popular (and expensive) expected to be Windows 7 Starter. The other two include Moblin Linux and Windows XP Home. Atom N450 is part of Intel’s Pine Trail platform architecture, which moves the GPU and memory controller onto the CPU die. This results in a smaller package that consumes less power. It will come clocked at 1.66GHz and sport 512KB of L2 cache, along with a 200MHz graphics clock (compared to 133MHz on the Atom N270 platform).
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Before now, if you wanted a Core i7-based laptop, you could have one, but it had to be of the desktop variety, which meant contending with higher temps, lower battery life, and bulky form factors. Then came this year’s IDF, in which Intel introduced its Nehalem architecture in mobile form. It didn’t take long for Dell to announce refreshed Studio 15 and Studio 17 laptops outfitted with the new chips, and now Asus and Sager are joining in on the fun. Asus just introduced its M60J, a 16-inch notebook that comes configurable with either Intel’s 1.6GHz Core i7 720QM or 1.73GHz Core i7 820QM. It also comes with a 1GB Nvidia GeForce GT240M GPU, up to 4GB of DDR3 RAM, up to 1TB of hard drive storage, optional Blu-ray, and more. Sager, on the other hand, unveiled a 15.6-inch model (NP8690) built around the same processors, but ups the ante with a 1GB GeForce GTX 280M GPU, up to 8GB of DDR3 memory, a 500GB hard drive, and a 1080p display. No word yet on how much Asus’ M60J will cost or when it will start shipping. Sager, meanwhile, will start shipping its NP8690 in October starting at $1,800.
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Asus, best known for its motherboards and Eee PC lineup, doesn’t often tout its rack-mount server products, but perhaps it should. The multifaceted manufacturer on Friday added the new RS300-E6 series to its rack-mount family, pairing Intel’s Lynnfield platform in the process. The new servers utilize Intel’s 3420 PCH chipset with the chip maker’s socket 1156-based Xeon 3400 series of CPUs. Support for both dual- and quad-core processors comes standard, and Asus says the ES300-E6 series can scale up performance immediately to support high-volume workloads. Other notables include dual-channel DDR3-1333 memory support, 2+1 I/O expansion feature in the slim 1U form factor, PCI-E x16 and x8 slots, and support for the optional Asus Pike card, which allows for a seamless upgrade to SAS storage.
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