‘Hecatoncheires’ is codename for ATI next generation

AMD has something in mind, something related to its next generation stuff, might be 2010 generation of DirectX 11 hardware. Codenamed after fifty headed gigantic creature in Greek mythology, ‘Hecatoncheires’. It is supposed to have brand new architecture and a updated version of R770.

The other three desktop and three mobile chips are also to be named after such Greek character or in Greek, which to be readied in late 2010.

PC vendors will get Intel Atom Pineview chips by end of this year – Netbooks next year

From past couple of months, there has been a lot of brainwork taking place whether by the end of this year, Intel would be able to launch its next-generation Intel Atom chip (codenamed Pineview/Pine Trail).

According to the PC World, an Intel official is stating that, although Pineview chips will be available with PC vendors in the fourth quarter of 2009, but to actually see a netbooks using it, will take another few months, which means early next year (Q1, 2010 or Q2, 2010).

Moblin 2.0 comes out of BETA – now available for download

Moblin 2.0, a Linux OS and an open source project focused on building a Linux-based platform optimized for the next generation of mobile devices including Netbooks, Mobile Internet Devices, and In-vehicle infotainment systems.

[Moblin official website] [Download the final Moblin 2.0 image]

After being available as BETA to the users from past few months, Moblin has finally announced the final version of it. Give it a go guys!

Atom N470 (1.83GHz) to be launched in Q1 2010

Intel’s next generation processor for netbooks AKA Intel Pine Trail/Pine View will make its debut next year. Now, we have come to know that Atom N470 processor, a pineview CPU that runs at 1.83GHz clock speed is coming in Q1 2010.

Please note that this is still a single-core processor and we will wait for quite some time for Intel to announce dual core processors for its netbooks. The CPU itself has 6.5W TPD which is more than double more compared to N270 1.6GHz Atom, but you have to remember that Atom N470 has 200MHz IGP integrated and the TDP is now calculated for both chips