Powered by Intel's Atom chip, the tablet will be marketed later in June.

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Intel is expected to show a version of its Atom chip that is the first specifically designed for tablets.

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For example, when coupled with Freescale's new Power Management Integrated Circuits (PMICs), the standby power for the newest Atom chip is 98% lower than the original.

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The two-watt Atom chip inside the Series 5 is rated for about nine hours of battery life, whereas the Core i5-powered Series 7 is expected to last between four and five hours on a charge. (The Series 5 is lighter, too, at 1.65 pounds, compared with 1.89 for the Series 7.) And, being a lower-powered device, the Series 5 has no vents.

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Intel Atom Z2580 chip handling Android Jelly Bean.

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The new tablet is powered by Intel's Atom system on a chip and can run Windows 8 Snap Mode, allowing students and teachers to easily multi-task between two applications, such as interacting with a remote teacher via Skype while taking notes in Microsoft OneNote.

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The Boxee Box uses the Intel Atom CE4100, Intel's system-on-a-chip designed for TV and Internet integration.

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Intel is keeping up a particularly fast pace in its system-on-a-chip (SoC) business, based on its low-power Atom core.

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The latest clue will come Wednesday in Shanghai at the Intel Developer Forum, where the chip maker will detail its new lineup of low-cost, low-power processors, dubbed Atom, for handheld devices and embedded gizmos.

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