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Acer Hints at Faster Intel CULV Chips in Q1
Acer executives have grumbled about the performance of Intel's processors for thin and light laptops but suggested that faster chips are coming early next year. The performance of Intel's current CULV (consumer ultra-low voltage) processors, designed for thin laptops like Acer's Timeline 1810T, ...
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Acer Timeline 14" 4810T Notebook Review
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Acer Aspire 7738
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Acer not thrilled by CULV performance
Fudzilla — ... in future models. Intel's recently announced SU2300, SU4100 and SU7300 dual-core CULVs could address such concerns, but not entirely. The SU2300 for example is a 1.2GHz dual-core, but its performance is on par with the single-core SU3500 in most applications. What's worse, none of the new CPUs, SU2300 included, managed to get close to the SU3500 TDP of just 5.5W. They are rated at 10W, which is still quite low, but the performance gain doesn't seem follow the TDP increase. More here .

Tuesday Shortbread
The Tech Report: News — Tuesday Shortbread by Ronald Hanaki — 9:15 AM on November 3, 2009 Tuesday Nvidia CEO: We don't make money cannon like Intel Comcast, NBC deal almost complete DailyTech reports speech is the next touch according to Microsoft DigiTimes reports Intel CEO promotes Larrabee privately during China visit NordicHardware reports hexa-core Thuban debuts at 2.8GHz PC World reports Acer hints at faster Intel CULV chips in Q1 NordicHardware reports dual-core Cortex A9 in mobile phones next year Fudzilla has Nvidia GeForce GT ...

Acer: Faster CULV chips to arrive by early 2010
DV Hardware — ... eight hours of battery life that the low-power chips can enable, but they are not getting the level of performance they expect, Acer Chairman J.T. Wang said on the same call. The executives said Acer will announce new thin and light laptops in the first quarter next year that address the performance issues, using new Intel chips that mark a significant step forward in processor technology. "This time we should be able to do it right," Wang said. Source: PC World Acer: Faster CULV chips to arrive by early 2010 - ...

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