Let us have a look at the the Eee PC 1000HE - the first mini laptops available to use the new N280 version of Intel's Atom processor.

Like many other netbooks, it has 1GB of memory, a 160GB hard drive and runs Microsoft's Windows XP Home Edition. The difference is in the processor. It has the newer 1.66GHz N280 version of the Atom. The other notable feature of the Eee PC 1000HE is its keyboard - large, well-spaced keys almost as large as those on a standard keyboard. Read the rest of this article »

Intel has launched its first Nehalem-based Xeon chips for servers and workstations, bringing increased performance and greater power efficiency in the biggest overhaul of the Xeon platform for years. New chips offer greater memory, bandwidth and power efficient processing.

Nehalem architecture is a fundamental break from earlier Xeon processors, with an on-chip memory controller supporting a bandwidth of up to 32Gbit/s and Intel's QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) in place of the traditional system bus. Each Nehalem EP chip has two QPI links, one connecting to the system chipset and the other between the two processor sockets in a system. Each is capable of transferring 25Gbit/s. Read the rest of this article »