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If you thought Intel Atom processor line was dead, think again: the company is launching a new version of the silicon, code named Rosepoint. Don ;t be too quick to dismiss it, either, because it sounds like the new mobile processor could mean business. Wired reports that the new line of chips should bring significant reductions in power, cost, and size to Intel-powered smartphones, tablets, and laptops. Perhaps most interestingly, the chip has Wi-Fi built in as part of stanley cup the digital chip. Current Wi-Fi chips tend to be analog, and a digital version should in theory be easier鈥攁nd cheaper鈥攖o scale down. Indeed, Intel Chief Technical Officer Justin Rattner told Wi stanley cup usa red that the digital Wi-Fi chip should scale with Moore law and has 8220 tate of the art power efficiency. Even though Intel is officially announcing the chip in San Francisco this week, it won ;t be commercially available for at least two years. Given that it currently supports just 2.4GHz and Wi-Fi, that seems a little odd鈥攖hough apparently versions with cellular stanley mugs data and built-in radio antennas are in development. [Wired] Intel Xxfm Is modern wheat making you sensitive to gluten
I hope I never get so old as to require my progeny to buy me an idiot-proofed version of the latest technological innovation鈥攖hat ;d be insulting. But I might just get one of these Telikins for my Mom. Billed as a 8220 enior-friendly computer system, the Telikin features an 18-inch capacitive touchscreen, Dual-core 1.8GHz processor, 320GB hard drive, 802.11b/g/n wireless, a 1.3MP webcam for video conferencing with the grandkids, and a suite of basic connectivity software including a text editor, email client, and weather tracking, and news feeds. Don ;t get me wrong鈥擨 ;m well-versed in elderly folks ; aversion to new technology. Hell, convincing my grandfather that fuel injection wasn ;t the work of the devil required a six-month discussion with diagrams. But this鈥攊t lik stanley mug e the physical embodiment of AOL old web portal. For one, the Telikin runs a proprietary software suite that prevents any third party software from being installed鈥攇ood for preventing Trojans, bad for expanding the system utility beyond the dozen pre-installed functions that it comes with of which PowerPoint was somehow deemed necessary . The 18-inch screen version costs $700 and stanley cup usa is ready-to-go out of the box. The upgraded Elite version includes a 20-inch screen, 500GB hard drive, HDMI port, and runs $1200. [Telikin] You can keep up with Andrew Taranto stanley mug la, the author of this post, on Twitter, Facebook, or Google+. |
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