Intel’s next-gen Pineview CPU “not validated” for Windows 7 Home Premium
June 7, 2009 at 9:52 am
Intel is not validating its next-generation of processor, dubbed Pineview, for Windows 7 Home Premium or higher according to a spokesman. What this basically means is that the Pineview processor will only be intensively tested with the Windows 7 Starter and Home Basic Editions.
Intel claims that Home Premium is not “the right solution” for netbooks, so you’ll you have to install it at your own risk when the new Pineview CPUs appear in netbooks at the end of the year. “We are not going to validate it with Home Premium because we don’t believe it’s the right solution (for a netbook)” says Mooly Eden, VP of Intel’s Mobile Platforms Group. Read more
Intel previews next-gen Pineview CPU for netbooks
June 3, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Intel’s Sean Maloney, Executive Vice President, kicked off the company’s keynote to talk about a number of developments as well as giving the first public demo of Pineview, Intel’s next-generation Atom processor for netbooks.
Pine Trail is a two-chip platform. The Pineview processor features a CPU, GPU and memory controller on a single die. Combining this with Intel’s Tiger Pint I/O is what makes up the Pine Trail platform. Read more
Big blow to ION, Intel certifies HD Broadcom chip for Pine Trail platform
May 21, 2009 at 2:13 pm
Intel’s Pine Trail platform only has two chips compared to the three found in current Atom-based netbooks. The move means that the platform should be cheaper, have better performance and lead to great battery lives. However, by moving the GPU and memory controller onto the Pineview processor means that the graphics side may suffer.
Intel has realised this and has therefore certified a HD decoding chip from third-party Broadcom. This is likely to be a big blow to Nvidia, whose ION platform is compatible with Pineview. Intel will offer the Broadcom BCM70015 GPU as an option to its partners when the Pine Trail platform launches in Q4 2010. Read more
Intel releases new details on next-gen netbook CPU
May 19, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Intel held a teleconference today to outline some details on the next-generation netbook platform dubbed ‘Pine Trail’. This platform will consist of just two chips, a processor and an input/output (I/O) chip. This compares to the three chips that currently constitute the Atom platform (processor + I/O + chipset (memory controller/graphics)).
The Pine Trail platform will see both the memory controller and GPU move into the next-gen Pineview CPU. Currently both of these parts reside in the 945GSE chipset on the Atom platform. The benefits of moving from 3 chips to 2 chips is power efficiency, lower costs and better performance. Read more
Intel reveals H209 netbook CPU roadmap, N280/GN40 combo to be phased out
May 12, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Intel has recently revealed its processor plans for notebooks, netbooks and CULV ultra-thin notebooks to its partners. From the netbook point of view, the interesting news is that Intel is considering phasing out the Atom N280 CPU and GN40 chipset combination due to low demand. Vendors don’t seem to be thrilled by the GN40 chipset, as it doesn’t offer much of an improvement over the old 945GSE chipset. Intel expects that the Atom N270 CPU and 945GSE chipset combo will be the main components found in netbooks until September this year.
After September, Intel expects to replace the current chips with the next-gen Atom processor (Pineview) and chipset (Tiger Point). This new platform will be targeted to 10-inch netbooks that cost between $399 to $599. Read more
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