Intel teases six-core Gulftown, discusses tera-scale computing

The 32nm dual-core Clarkdale processors that recently made their debut are about to pave the way for Intel’s next performance crown chaser, the six-core Gulftown. You might’ve known that already, but Intel’s decided to furnish us with the above slide detailing the particular differences between the two dies, with the most notable being the whopping 1.17 billion transistors that the new CPU will be composed of. The major attraction of Clarkdale chips lies in their power efficiency and competent integrated GPU, but the Gulftown focus will be firmly on the high end. Hence, there’s no integrated graphics, but the built-in memory controller supports three channels of DDR3 RAM and even plays nice with lower-powered 1.35-volt sticks. There’s also confirmation that the forthcoming hex-core chip will fit inside the familiar LGA-1366 socket, so if you bought a high end Core i7, worry not, you’ll be able to replace your still blisteringly quick CPU with an even faster beast. Quad-core variants — by virtue of disabling a pair of cores — are on the cards as well, while Intel also took the opportunity to delve into questions of 1Tbps+ bandwidth interconnects and its 80-core processor project, but you’ll have to hit up the links below to learn more about those.

Intel teases six-core Gulftown, discusses tera-scale computing originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HP TouchSmart 600 Quad series does the Core i7 thing

What? Did Intel release a new processor or something? HP is just the latest PC vendor to make the Core i7 jump as it plans to put its new TouchSmart 600 Quad series up for sale starting today. The beefed up 23-inch all-in-one starts at $1,699 with options for a 1.6GHz Core i7 720QM or 1.73GHz Core i7 820QM Intel quad-core processor. Otherwise, the rest of the specs remain unchanged for this Windows 7 AIO. Still, if you’ve been waiting to pull the trigger since hearing about this update from our December leaks, well, keep refreshing that source link boy, it’ll be available shortly.

Update: It’s live.

HP TouchSmart 600 Quad series does the Core i7 thing originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Intel and Micron start 25nm flash production; SSDs to get cheap, huge

Intel and Micron have a history of pushing the state-of-the-art in flash storage — their joint venture IMFT was responsible for the first sub-40nm NAND flash and bringing it to production — and it looks they’ve done it again: IMFT is now sampling two-bits-per-cell 25nm NAND, which will eventually push prices down and capacities up when volume production begins in Q2. We’ll have to see how pricing works out — 25nm is something like twice the storage density per dollar, so we’re hopeful — but at the very least Intel’s third-gen X25-M will come in 160GB, 320GB, and 600GB sizes when it launches in Q4 using these new chips. Yeah, we’re going to want one. AnandTech has the full breakdown, hit the read link for more.

Intel and Micron start 25nm flash production; SSDs to get cheap, huge originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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AMD and Intel’s six-core CPU plans revealed by mobo makers

You have to love DigiTimes and those loquacious sources it seems to keep finding. The latest word from the Taiwanese grapevine suggests that both Intel and AMD will be bringing out six-core CPUs to the consumer market by the middle of this year. We’re using the term “consumer” rather loosely here as Intel’s first Gulftown chip is expected to be priced north of $1,000. The Core i7-980X is slated for a March release, which just fits inside the Q1 window that earlier rumors had suggested. If you butter your bread on the AMD side, you’ll have to wait a while longer as those 45nm Thuban chips — herafter to be known as the Phenom II X6 1000T series — won’t be landing until at least May. The usual caution when dealing with anonymous sources is advisable, but this sounds like a roadmap with a high likelihood of being accurate.

AMD and Intel’s six-core CPU plans revealed by mobo makers originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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MSI X-Slim X620 keeps its ULV processor and ATI graphics, adds an optical drive

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MSI X-Slim X620 keeps its ULV processor and ATI graphics, adds an optical drive originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Corsair pushes speed envelope with 2,333MHz Dominator GTX RAM modules

Corsair and speed generally run in the same circles, so it follows logic to see said memory outfit cranking out the planet’s fastest Intel XMP-certified RAM. The 2,333MHz Dominator GTX now has Intel’s stamp of approval, and it easily surpasses the company’s 2,000MHz stuff that was king of the castle just yesterday. As the story goes, each module is “hand screened” and tested to the hilt before being shipped to end users, which apparently explains the $200 per 2GB stick that you’ll be asked to lay down. Speed kills… the wallet.

Corsair pushes speed envelope with 2,333MHz Dominator GTX RAM modules originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Toshiba’s Intel Wireless Display-supporting Satellite E205 now shipping for $900

CES is great and all, but one of the bones we choose to pick with the show is the typically long gap between the Vegas introduction and the mass market ship date. Thankfully for us, Toshiba has no interest in keeping us waiting for one of the world’s first Intel Wireless Display-equipped (or WiDi, as it were) laptops. The Satellite E205 — which comes stocked with a 2.53GHz Core i5-430M processor, 4GB of DDR3 memory, a dual-layer DVD writer, 14-inch display (1,366 x 768 resolution), 500GB hard drive and a Netgear Push2TV wireless display adapter — is now shipping from Best Buy. Of course, you’ll have to deal with integrated Intel graphics, but the inbuilt wireless display technology, multicard reader, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi, Ethernet jack and media buttons are nice inclusions when you consider the respectable $899.99 price point. So, what’s the hesitation?

Toshiba’s Intel Wireless Display-supporting Satellite E205 now shipping for $900 originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Cowon W2 spec’d, priced, and dated for Korean consumers

That lovable little Windows 7-powered Cowon W2 MID has gotten two steps closer to reality this week with a price tag and release date. In order, 599,000 to 739,000KRW (equivalent to $533 and $658 in US, respectively) and Monday, January 25th. Unfortunately, those only apply to Korea only, but if you are thinking of importing, how about we take a look at the full specs list: 4.8-inc WSVGA screen, 1.3GHz Intel Atom Z520, 1GB RAM, 60GB or 80GB HDD, Bluetooth 2.0, 802.11b/g WiFi, two USB one miniUSB ports, and a battery promising 10 hours idle / 7 hours video playback. Yeah, we’re not sure about that netbook-caliber processor either, but surely that MID form factor makes up for something… right?

Cowon W2 spec’d, priced, and dated for Korean consumers originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:48:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Intel profits recover to $2.3 billion in Q4 2009, company describes it as 875 percent jump

Yo Intel, when your 2008 fourth quarter was one of the worst you ever recorded, it’s slightly, just slightly, facetious to go trumpeting an 875 percent improvement in your 2009 fortunes. The self-appointed chipmaking rock star has clocked up $10.6 billion in revenues for the last quarter, which filters down to $2.3 billion in pure, unadulterated, mother-loving profit. That’s good and indeed technically nearly nine times what the company achieved in the same period the previous year — we’d just appreciate this to be represented as the recovery it is, rather than some major leap forward in the face of a global financial meltdown. Either way, the Santa Clara checkbook is now well and truly balanced, even if it would’ve looked fatter still but for the small matter of a $1.25 billion settlement reflected in last quarter’s results.

Intel profits recover to $2.3 billion in Q4 2009, company describes it as 875 percent jump originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Samsung busts out three all-in-one PCs for Korean market

We saw plenty of Samsung’s wild conceptual efforts while at CES, but it looks like they’ve not yet completely given up on actual products. Good news for Korea, today — it looks like they’ll be getting three new all-in-one PCs from the company any day now. The MU100 boasts an Intel Atom N450 CPU, 2GB of RAM, a 320GB hard drive, and Intel GMA 3150 graphics, while the 20-inch MU200’s got an Intel Pentium T4400 processor and GeForce G310 graphics with 512MB of VRAM. Finally, the 23-inch, full HD MU250’s got an Intel Core 2 Duo T6600 CPU, 3GB of RAM, a 500GB of HDD, GeForce G310 graphics with 512MB of VRAM. Both the M200 and the M250 displays are multitouch, and all three systems run Windows 7 Home Premium. There’s no word yet on pricing or availability outside of Korea.

Samsung busts out three all-in-one PCs for Korean market originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Intel’s Atom-powered home energy dashboard concept gets itself a website, no closer to retail reality

If you recall all the way back to last week — yes, it’s a bit of a blur to us, too — Intel CEO Paul Otellini brought to his keynote an Atom-powered home monitor system, demonstrated by him and his rockstar compadre Craig. It was actually quite impressive, and thankfully Intel’s gone ahead and launched an educational page for the Intelligent Home Energy Management Proof of Concept. The specs break down as follows: a gorgeous 11.5-inch capacitive OLED touch screen, Z530 processor, motion sensor and video camera support, stereo audio, WiFi, and Zigbee integration. Throw in an open API and we’re pretty sold on this — assuming it was real, of course, and at this point it’s nothing more than a teaser of things to come. Hit up the source link and expect a notable uptick in your longing for the future.

Intel’s Atom-powered home energy dashboard concept gets itself a website, no closer to retail reality originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Engadget Podcast 179: CES 2010 Final Goodbye – 01.10.2010

Goodnight CES! You were cool and had a lot of great technologies this year.

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Nilay Patel, Paul Miller
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20:05 – Lenovo Skylight hands-on and impressions (video)
20:20 – Intel
22:00 – E-ink
22:55 – Chances of Netflix on Nintendo ‘excellent,’ says Netflix CEO
23:05 – Andy Rubin on multitouch in Android: ‘I personally don’t like two-handed operations’
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Intel shows off glasses-free 3D demo — now this is more like it

If you’ve kept even a loose eye on our CES coverage this year, you’d know that 3D is firmly “in.” But our main gripe is that the glasses requirement makes it largely impractical for in-home use. Intel had a comparison demo setup in its massive booth, and it had a top display arranged to showcase glasses-free 3D and the bottom to demonstrate the more traditional glasses-required 3D. A technician at the booth explained that the footage was all specifically shot to fit the format, and a special overlay was applied to the 3D HDTV in order to complete the magic. He confessed that the resolution was “sub-720p,” and there were only eight specific places that you could stand at in order to actually get the full experience. We stood around 10 feet back, dead center, and were downright wowed by the results. You could honestly see loads of depth, and everything appeared buttery smooth. Stepping closer resulted in less-than-awesome visuals, but we’re definitely stoked by the possibilities here. Take note, TV / content makers — glasses free > glasses-required.

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Intel shows off glasses-free 3D demo — now this is more like it originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Gateway pumps out EC Series ultraportables

Gateway might want us to refer to its new EC Series laptops as ultraportables, but we’re calling this one like we see it… it’s almost a netbook, but not quite. Regardless, the just announced EC14D boasts and 11.6-inch display and, oddly enough, an integrated DVD drive. Weighing in at just around 3 pounds, the EC14D is light and thin… just like a small laptop should be. Internally, it’s got an Intel Ultra Low Voltage Pentium Core CPU, a 320GB hard drive, up to 8GB of memory (in two 4GB modules), a multicard reader, and Windows 7 Home Premium. If you’re filled with anticipation at the thought of this one, well, you won’t have to wait long. It’ll be available by the end of January for a starting price of $629.99. Full press release is after the break.

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Gateway pumps out EC Series ultraportables originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:47:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Pleo returns to CES with big promises, bigger Pleo

Pleo returns to CES with big promises, bigger Pleo originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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LG GW990 hands-on video

You’ll know this device as the 4.8-inch revolutionary intent on making us fall madly in love with MIDs all over again (or should that be for the first time?). Good thing then that we now know it as the device that bears a thousand Engadget fingerprints. The Moorestown-powered GW990 from LG has finally become official and we have to say it is exactly the huge slab you might imagine it to be. In terms of specs, it comes with 16GB of built in flash memory and 512MB RAM, and 720p output is possible if the 1020 x 480 screen resolution isn’t enough for you. Chunky, sturdy and curved in all the right places, it’s an appealing device even if it suffers from a bit of an identity crisis. Powered by Moblin and primarily marketed as a 3G device, we were told by LG that — behind the 1,850mAh battery and alongside the MicroSD expansion slot — your SIM can make a home, and some such AT&T appendages have already been spotted inside this… smartphone? The UI at present is just a standard S-class layered on top of Moblin, giving us no cause for excitement, but we were reassured that LG will be offering many other OS options when the device shows up in the second half of this year. Anyhow, enough blabbering from us, check out the gallery below and don’t forget the vid after the break.

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LG GW990 hands-on video originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Live from Paul Otellini’s Intel CES keynote

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Live from Paul Otellini’s Intel CES keynote originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Dell Inspiron 15 (with Core i5) hands-on

We just spent a little time with Dell’s updated Inspiron 15 Core i5 which were introduced earlier today. As far as looks go — well, they’re Dells, and not much has changed from previous iterations. Of course, it’s what inside that counts here, so while you might not go through the roof over their aesthetics, if it’s power you seek (of course it is), you’ll be happy to hear that this dude is no slouches in that department. Yes, it’s seriously fingerprint-prone, though we spied a matte brown option that should take care of that problem if you’re seriously offended by it. You can also get the Studio 17 (you guessed it, a 17-incher) if you really need a beast. Both models we got a look at featured Intel’s just-unveiled Mobile Core i5 processors, (Core i3s are also available but are “coming soon” at this time). Prices for these bad boys start at $849 for the Studio 15 and $949 for the 17-incher. Gallery is after the break.

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Dell Inspiron 15 (with Core i5) hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Viliv S10 Blade netvertible, N5 MID get official

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Viliv S10 Blade netvertible, N5 MID get official originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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LG GW990 phone busted running Moorestown with heaps of want

Giving MIDs a hard time is like gadget sport around here. The idea of a device that doesn’t fit in the pocket but costs more than twice the price of a netbook is just too much to stomach as a general use device. But look at that MID up there… just look at it. That’s the LG GW990 running Intel’s future Moorestown CPU. Granted, the pics were grabbed in a rush (of a device behind glass) while dodging security batons (the CES showfloor hasn’t opened). But where the images fall short the specs amply pick up the slack: Moorestown CPU, 4.8-inch panoramic widescreen display, HD Video, 3D gaming, aGPS, WiFi, 1850mAh battery, digital compass, HSPA radio, and 5 megapixel camera. And if we’re not mistaken, that’s an earpiece at the top of the front face that should allow this to be used as a telephone (VoIP presumably). There’s also an interesting 3-panel view when held in landscape mode giving you independent access to 3 segmented displays (like calendar, media player, and GPS maps) all at the same time. Man, this could be the MID we’ve been waiting for ever since we first saw that sexy Silverthorne prototype. But lets wait for the price and availability before getting too excited, eh?

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LG GW990 phone busted running Moorestown with heaps of want originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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