Placed under the sign of mobility, the second day of the IDF is an opportunity for Intel to announce the next evolution of its UMPC concept with the arrival of MID or Mobile Internet Devices. It is here to propose a mobile device halfway between mobile phones and laptop and that can surf the Internet properly.Intel also supported the demonstration with a few catches of well-known websites viewing on Windows Mobile particular, explaining that its MID would be able to properly display the sites in question.For Intel, the MID must be a compact and portable device capable of offering more sophisticated functions as mobile phones. Prime MID running under Windows XP, right of the photo To enliven the concepts MID, which Anand Chandrasekhar, head of Intel’s mobile division, was the demonstration, the smelter will propose a new platform that will succeed with Moccasin we talked this morning (Intel launches its platform for Moccasin UMPC). It is the platform Mellow, which will see the day when the first semester 2008, if everything goes well. Men slow integrate a new processor known by the code name engraved in Silverthorne and 45nm: This is the sixth processor manufactured according to the 45nm process at Intel. As a bonus, Intel will offer a new chipset, the Poulsbo which will be characterized by a reduced packaging saving space in MID devices. IDF 07 - Processor Silverthorne 45nm Platform Men slow: the concept, Silverthorne processor in 45nm Among the various announcements regarding mobility made by Intel this morning, one of them has not gone unnoticed and could do very noise Redmond. To give a boost to its platform UMPC, the giant Santa Clara intends to open … Linux! Coup therefore hard for Microsoft, Intel partner, since the latter announced that distributions Ubuntu and Red Flag Linux are now certified for its platform UMPC. And the giant microprocessor adding that Linux is suited to other UMPC and MID through its footprint and reduced its energy management. It is true that the system Windows Vista on the Samsung Q1 UMPC has not left an unforgettable, as a whole is slow and somewhat reactive.
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