Version 2 of Intel’s Moblin has arrived promising better compatibility and stability. Intel announced Moblin 2.0, a stripped-down distribution of Linux optimized for smaller screens on netbooks and mobile Internet devices (MIDs). The new Linux flavor is fine-tuned to run on Atom powered netbooks to maximize its power efficiency and performance. Netbooks such as Asus Eee PC and Lenovo’s Ideapad …
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Intel Shows its Fab 32 (Video)
Here’s a video of Intel’s Fab 32 where future microprocessor will be built. Currently, Intel’s Core i7 “Nehalem” is built using 45nm but the soon to come Westmere microprocessor will be built using 32nm process technology.
Read More »Bigger Netbook with Ion to Launch by Lenovo
Its bigger, faster and of course heavier netbook to launch this 2009 as Lenovo will lead the adoption of the netbook platform into 11 and 12 inch territories. Im not sure if you can still call it netbook but Lenovo, according to the chinese newspaper Commercial Times, is planing to launch 11.6 inch and 12.1 inch netbooks with Atom and …
Read More »Intel Released Moblin V2
The second version of the Intel-led, netbook/MID-centric Moblin distribution has gone into its alpha phase. The Moblin Project made the initial version available for testing and will happily run on netbooks. Moblin is based on Linux kernel and will only run on intel cpu that supports SSE3 including intel atom and Intel core. A key feature of the new version …
Read More »Intel: No Ion for Atom
In what seems to be a breakthrough for netbook fans after NVIDIA announced their Ion platform which promises to greatly improve its performance whilst consuming a little bit more in battery energy, then comes Intel refusing to acknowledge it’s ever gonna happen. How? Basically, Ion will use Intel’s Atom microprocessor but eschewing 945GSE and 945GC, the component that delivers display …
Read More »Is It AMD’s Comeback with Phenom II X4?
The whole AMD world is bracing itself for the release of Phenom II X4 desktop processor which is expected to ship 1st quarter next year. Phenom II X4 processor will be manufactured in 45nm process and touted to overclock up to 4GHz on air cooling alone. Well that’s a lot of overclocking potential once you use liquid nitrogen cooling. The …
Read More »Blizzard’s Angle on Diablo 3
07.02.08 A few days after Blizzard announced its new game Diablo 3, we see in the FAQ a few notable things regarding the new release. First, it will run on both Directx 9 and Directx 10.1. Did you guys read that? Directx 10.1. Not Directx 10. Nvidia (makers of the popular Geforce cards) does not support 10.1 only version 10. …
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