Packard Bell Easy Note TX86 updated notebook

Packard Bell has released an updated notebook Easy Note TX86, executed on the platform Intel Sandy Bridge. The laptop is on board dual-core chip Core i7-640M with a 2.8 GHz, 6 GB RAM, 15.6-inch display and hard drive to 500 GB. The developers have supplied notebook nVidia discrete accelerator with 1GB of memory and integrated graphics controller, to which the system passes at low loads. In the arsenal of the model as a 1.3 megapixel camera, card reader and HDMI. On one charge the battery the laptop can operate up to 8 hours. Operating System - Windows 7 Home Premium. For information on when and at what price Easy Note TX86 will be on sale, not reported.

Intel introduced the first configurable processor Atom

Intel Corporation today announced the launch of the first family of configurable processor Intel Atom. At its base lay a chip Atom E600, previously codenamed "Tunnel Creek, combined with the FPGA (FPGA) from Altera company in a single package.

The family of configurable processors includes 6 Atom chips. Delivery Atom E665CT, E645CT, E665C and E645C (codename Stellarton) is scheduled to begin within 60 days, and chips E625CT and E625C - released in the 1 st quarter of 2011 cost processors range from $ 61 to $ 106 per unit in a thousand pieces .

The Intel believe the new processors will provide additional field for designers to reduce the costs of companies in the design and cost of the device, and at the same time help to reduce time to market ready-made solutions.