VIA Nano 3000 Series CPU unveiled

A new series of thin and light notebooks for the low powered CPUs has been launched by VIA, the VIA Nano 3000 series. In Q1 2010 it will go on mass production

With various SKUs are available with various clock speeds between 1GHz – 2GHz. Its highlights: 64-bit support and 1080P HD video support.

Features:

• World’s most power-efficient out-of-order x86 architecture
• Full support for 64-bit operating systems
• High-performance superscalar processing
• Most efficient speculative floating point algorithm
• Advanced power and thermal management
• Full CPU virtualization support
• Leading-edge VIA PadLock™ hardware security features
• Pin-to-pin compatibility provides natural upgrade path from other VIA processors

Click on read more to see its comparison with the Atom and Press release!

HP ProBook 5310m packs CULV chip – shipping in Europe

This HP new netbook may give you a glimpse of business netbook, but it comes with a CULV chip that is becoming more and more common in the netbooks and ultra-portables these days. However, that has not stopped HP in using those processors in this sleek netbook with aluminium chassis touting a pretty chicklet keyboard.

There are several variants for 5310m. You can go for Celeron SU2300 dual-core or Core 2 Duo SP9300 CULV processor. The RAM capacity ranges from 1GB of memory (SU2300) and 160GB of storage to 4GB of memory (SP9300) and 320GB of storage. The SP9300 model has many other goodies including 3G connectivity. The entry level version comes with FreeDOS and is listed over €500, while for around €1000, you get high end model that comes with SP9300 processor.

Where most CULV notebooks carry a glare/glossy screen, the ProBook 5310m is surely an exception on that list. Several SKUs of HP’s 13-inch ProBook 5310m have already started shipping in Europe.

HP Pavilion dm1 CULV soon to make its debut

Attractive, affordable and stylish: These are the words that best describe the HP Pavilion dm1 CULV notebook/netbook. It is an 11.6-inch ultraportable based on Intel CULV chips and will soon be launched by HP. Nothing with surety can be said about its specs but one version will be based Intel’s cheapest dual-core low voltage CPU, the 1.2GHz SU2300 and will ship in couple of SKUs, with either 2GB or 3GB of memory and 250GB or 320GB of hard disk. Prices start at €450.

It will have HDMI out, 3 USB ports, WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth, 289 x 204 x 19,8 – 30, 6mm body, 1.39kg weight and has 6-cell battery. Clearly, it is a direct competitor to the immensely popular TimeLine 1410/1810T (read its review)

Gigabyte Touch Note T1028X convertible netbook now runs Windows 7

Touch Note T1028X , a tablet netbook by Gigabyte, now runs Windows 7. With four new SKUs where all four have Intel Atom N280 processors running at 1.66GHz, each comes with a 250GB hard disk for storage. Newly introduced SKUs are distinguished on the basis of size/capacity of RAM and UMTS implementation.

First SKU runs Windows 7 Starter and has 1GB RAM. Second one is similar to the first one, but has 2GB RAM. The former is priced at 569 euro and latter one, 629 euro. The remaining two come with UMTS radio and Windows 7 Starter. One has 1GB RAM ( priced at 729 euro), while the other one having 2GB RAM is priced at 779 euro.

All SKUs pack a 6-cell battery with a claimed battery life of upto 6.5 hours.

Core i7 notebooks planned by MSI – based on Intel PM55 chipset

Two notebooks in its GT series that will be based on Intel’s Core i7 mobile quad-core CPU have been planned by MSI. The GT740 and GT640 are both a part of MSI’s Gaming series and besides the Core i7 CPU, both will complement Nvidia’s Geforce GTS 250M graphics with 1GB of DDR3 memory. Notebooks are [...]