Intel’s latest effort at replacing ARM-designed chips in the tablet market is its Z760 series of Atom processors that run Android, MeeGo or Windows 7. By the end of May, according to Intel, they will be in tablets and other portable devices such as “mobile clinical assistants, ruggedized industrial tablets and portable point-of-sale systems.“
The processor is 60% smaller than previous generations with a lower-power design for fanless devices. Intel said the Z760 series offers:
- Increased battery life, up to all day
- Enhanced performance, especially improved video
- Fast Internet browsing
- 1080p video decode with an integrated HD decode engine that uses less power
- Support for HDMI output and DisplayPort
- Adobe Flash for video and Flash-based gaming
- Smaller, thinner and more efficient form factors
- Enhanced sleep to save power when it’s not active
- Intel Wireless Music
- Intel Wireless Display
- PC Synch
- Fast Boot
It’s a lot. Whether it can compete with ARM processors in the tablet market remains to be seen.
Intel said the Z760 will be in 35 tablets and other form factors from the likes of Asus, Evolve, Fujitsu, Lenovo, Motion Computing, Razer and Viliv that will run a variety of operating systems. The initial list, as best we can tell, mostly use Windows 7, not Android or the MeeGo OS Intel was developing jointly with Nokia.
- The Asus Eee PC Seashell, model 1201PN-PU17-RD has a 10.1-inch touchscreen and slide-out keyboard. It runs Windows 7.
- A tablet from Evolve that runs on Windows 7. Evolve is the Elsevier brand for electronic learning solutions that serve the nursing and health professions.
- The Lenovo Ideapad Slate tablet that runs Windows 7.
- The Samsung Series 7 tablet has a slide-out keyboard and runs Windows 7.
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