AMD looking forward for triple core for notebooks

Many new CPUs have been planned for Q2 2010 by AMD. Danube is part of a 2010 platform and it supports AMD-V.  The Phenom II triple-core N820 mobile processor has a 35W TDP and has three cores, which is nothing more than a quad-core with one core disabled. It has 1.5MB total cache or 512KB [...]

Thinkpad netbook in the tunnel?

Lenovo’s senior exec has revealed that the company is looking forward to release a netbook under the Thinkpad brandname. Due to the recent introduction of netbooks sporting high price tags, IBM thinks that the lines between netbooks and notebooks are blurring at a very fast rate.

However, Lenovo has clearly indicated that the Thinkpad netbook will not have specs of a conventional netbook. According to them, if you want ‘full functionality’, you will have to go for Core or Celeron mobile processor. The Thinkpad netbook will be designed to cater to the needs of those who yearn for something that is more powerful than the conventional netbook but has the same size and feel.

The Thinkpad brand is a brand that is widely popular among businessmen and if Lenovo releases something under that brand, it will be of premium quality for sure.