Win8 Will Push ARM into 40% of Netbooks By 2015

ARM's CEO thinks that Windows 8 will push ARM-based chips into 40-percent of the market's netbooks by 2015.

There was a time when Intel and AMD were butting heads just about every week, fighting to gain the hearts of general consumers, gamers and enthusiasts alike. Then AMD seemingly took a step back to handle personal business and to let Intel thrive on the market, enough so that the competitor gathered its troops to invade the mobile sector. Now the war seems to be between ARM and Intel as the former invades the space of the latter and vice versa.

Intel Finally Has a Real 4 GHz CPU

Intel has quietly introduced its first CPU that is capable of running at 4 GHz clock speed off the shelf.

An updated spec sheet reveals that the recently introduced Xeon E3-1290 runs at 3.6 GHz with four cores, but the chip's turbo boost will scale the clock speed to 4.0 GHz when running on only one core. What makes this processor particularly interesting is the fact that it is closely related to the i7-2000 Sandy Bridge series, which would indicate that Intel could be launching a 4 GHz desktop processor as well.

Kingston Reveals its First SandForce-based SSD

his week at Computex, Kingston revealed its very first 2.5-inch SSD using a SandForce controller targeting 

enthusiasts, gamers and performance users. Dubbed as the Kingston HyperX, the SSD is based on SandForce SF-2281 controllers and a SATA 6 Gb/s interface, and ships next month in 120 and 240 GB capacities.

"This launch is very exciting for us at Kingston," said Ariel Perez, SSD business manager. "The SandForce controller allows us to deliver the high-end performance that is needed for power-users, gamers, and enthusiasts. Integrating a final production quality controller and firmware, and undergoing extensive testing has been an exacting process, but well worth the wait. By pairing SandForce’s latest controller with Intel 25-nm compute NAND (P/E 5K), we have built an SSD that meets the requirements set by true enthusiasts.”

Motorola Site Leaks Xoom 2, Dick Tracy Watch

Oops!

If ever there was a perfect week to accidentally release photos of a not-yet announced product, Computex week would be that week. With so much happening in Taipei and so many companies announcing new products, the focus on news outside of the convention is greatly reduced. Still, that doesn’t mean people are going to miss it completely.

It seems someone over at Motorola Mobility made the mistake of accidentally publishing pictures of several new products online. According to PocketNow, which managed to snag a few screenshots, the company was in the middle of a site redesign when the following images cropped up:

Intel Ships 100 Million Atom CPUs in Three Years

Not bad for three years of availability.

There was a time, in the height of the netbook craze, when Intel’s Atom processor seemed to be in every single small computer that hit the market. Since then, the company’s seen some stiff competition from the likes of AMD, Nvidia and ARM, but that hasn’t stopped the steady shipment of Atoms.
Intel is this week celebrating a milestone for the Atom processor. The company today spent part of its Computex keynote wishing Atom a happy birthday (it’s three years old this year) and revealed that to date, the company has shipped a whopping one hundred million Atom CPUs.