Samsung has now said that it will offer full refunds to customers who bought its personal computers that use the flawed Intel chipset.
The Solo 21 can be equipped with the Intel Q77 chipset, bringing vPro and other Intel technologies to the table for enterprise professionals that need stability, reliability, and manageability in an all-in-one factor.
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Just as fast is Dell's new XPS Gen5, which runs off a two-core Intel 955X chipset.
Beneath that handsome exterior is the aforementioned Intel Z2760 chipset, 64GB of ROM, 2GB of RAM and 32GB of storage (plus a microSD slot if you need more digital space).
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The smaller models of the Digital Studio series use a built-in graphics adapter in the Intel 810 chipset, the circuitry that is normally used to control other components of the motherboard such as the PCI bus, and the serial and parallel ports.
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Depending on the model, the laptops will come with an Intel GM965 or PM965 chipset, along with X3100 integrated graphics -- though it's likely a dedicated graphics choice will be offered as well.
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Intel, the PC chipset giant whose core business has come under threat from the burgeoning demand for portable mobile devices, may be planning to open up its once exclusive fabrication plants to third-party mobile players.
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It was also a hot week for energy-generating tech as Intel unveiled a solar laptop chipset that can be powered by a desk lamp and MIT developed a tiny kinetic generator that can produce 100 times more power than previous devices of its kind.
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The Gobi chipset is slated for a 2008 release, which, I believe, is sooner than Intel is planning to release its WiMAX chipset--although there are other companies with WiMAX or near-WiMAX chips already in the market.
Powered by Intel's reliable high performance desktop chipset, this system supports up to 16GB of DDR3 1333 RAM and up to 1TB of data storage.
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Aside from the thrilling world of linear algebra and fluid dynamics that the chipset is currently used for, Intel says it could offload processor-intensive functions across several cores, effectively speeding up various functions (say, video streaming).
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Intel says it has already started manufacturing a new version of the affected chipset to resolve the issue.
Intel reported staggering 42% growth in data center revenues (including microprocessor and chipset sales) for the second quarter of 2010.
The Solo 21 with the Q77 chipset option supports the latest AMT 8.0 and is equipped with Intel Identity Protection Technology, as well as Intel Anti-Theft Technology.
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