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Intel Reveals Windows 8 Tablet Specifications

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A couple of days ago we reported about intel working with 10 different vendors for the mega launch of Intel based Windows 8 tablets which are slated to be released in the later half of 2012.

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Now the company has revealed some more detailed specifications for what’s in store as far as the Windows 8 tablets from Intel are concerned.At their Intel Developer Forum at Beijing last week intel revealed some important hardware specifications for their upcoming tablet processors, the Clover Trail platform.

The Processors will be powered by dual cores and will support hyper-threading(allowing dual cores to behave like quad cores in some cases) and”Burst  Mode” features which will enhance the performance of the tablets.Processor will provide a battery life of 9 hours(with 30 days of standby time.Talking about the tablet varieties there will be 2 kinds of tablets,10 ” regular Tablets as well as 11″ Hybrids(Ultrabook+Tablets).

As far as connectivity goes there’s 3G ,4G ,WiFi,NFC etc .The devices should be as thin as 9mm(thinner than the New iPad which is around 9.4mm)and should be a lightweight affair with weight lower than 1.5lbs,again the benchmark set by the New iPad which weighs in at 1.44lbs.

It remains to be seen of the recommended specifications reach their actual goal in the real world with the claims like 9 hours battery life and 30 days of standby time.Intel would try hard to get closer to the above mentioned specifications,no two doubts about it.

Source:[CNET]

10 Companies Will support Intel Based Processors For Upcoming Windows 8 Tablets

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For what we all know many of the biggies are gearing up for the Windows 8 launch later this year along with their version of Windows 8 based tablets.Though this time around the Intel’s and AMD’s are not the only processor makers since the announcement about ARM architecture based processors other ARM based companies are also lining up for their ARM based tablet.

According to recent reports from PCWorld, Intel,one of the prime sources for processors  for the  x86 architecture based machines is working with 10 undisclosed Chinese and global vendors to design Windows 8 tablets using the company’s chips.This is what  Intel China chairman Sean Maloney said , “You’ll probably see many Intel-based tablets by the end of this year”.

Intel is working on many new Chips for Smartphone and Tablet segment which would be revealed later this year,one of them is the new  Atom processor  code-named “Medfield” promises to give high performance along with a good battery life for Smartphones and Tablets.This chip would  soon be seen in Lenovo’s K800 handset which goes on sale next month in China.

The other and much anticipated chip is the intel’s Clover Trail which is expected to hit later this year.This chip would feature in the Intel based Windows 8 tablets slated to be released later this year.It would be interesting to see upto what extent the companies stretch the prices for the Windows 8 based tablets to get the better out of one another.