Z670 and Z650 Launched with 3W TDP
Details of two Oaktrail parts have been revealed by Intel today confirming pretty much everything we knew already! Availability of the Oaktrail parts are ‘now’ but as I mentioned in a tweet a few days ago, the first products shipping with Oaktrail won’t appear until at least May.
Two part numbers have been confirmed. The Z670 and Z650 (1.5Ghz and 1.2Ghz) are both 3W CPUs and will be paired with the SM35 chipset at 0.75W. Remember that on the previous Z-series generation, codenamed Menlow, the two-chip solution came in at around 5W for the same capability. Both parts are manufactured on the 45nm process.
We’ve been fairly sure that the graphics core would be another PowerVR design for a long time but Intel finally confirmed that it’s the GMA600 clocked up to 400Mhz. That’s twice the speed of the GPU on Menlow and it should provide a noticeable boost. We’re not sure of the core design yet.
Importantly, the memory controller is now on-die with the GPU and CPU and this should also provide a noticeable boost as it did on Pinetrail in 2010. Other features include Intels ‘Deeper Sleep’ , ‘Enhanced Speed Step’ and, as on the previous generation, 1080p hardware decoding.
The SM35 chipset provides a new SATA interface USB is limited to V2.0 only. HDMI ports are supported.
This slide refers to the Z6xx series in embedded, long-term-support versions. Apparently the consumer version of the Z670 is shipping ‘now.’
We’re working with a couple of OEDs to get a sample of an Oaktrail Tablet in the studio soon for more testing. We’re confident of good battery life on Oaktrail but need to test more on the performance side of things. Here’s our ECS Oaktrail Tablet hands-on at CeBIT.
Intel are talking about 35 Oaktrail design wins. Some of them are shown below.
Asus Eee Pad Slider, Evolve III, Fujitsu Stylistic Q500, Lenovo Ideapad Slate, Motion Computing L900
Next Gen Netbook Platform 2H 2011 to Include hardware video decoding.
Intel will be leaking various details of the new Netbook platform over the next 24hrs but have already confirmed some of the Cedar Trail predictions I made last week. Wireless Display and Wireless Audio will be included on the platform along with a 1080p hardware decoding. Either this indicates a shift to a Z-series style GPU core or a totally new GPU design. I suspect the latter in order to include much needed 3D enhancements.
Fanless designs are mentioned in the early press teaser although Joanna Stern managed to get an interesting quote out of Intel. Apparently the Cedar Trail platform will get a ‘big boost’ in performance. Are they going dual-core across the range or is this just a reference the a new GPU that could compete with AMD’s Fusion APUs?
Expect more on Cedar Trail over the next 24hrs.
Source: Intel Press
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“Atom processors will provide “a big boost†in power over today’s Pine Trail silicon.”
Unfortunately I wouldn’t take this seriously because performance gains have been hinted many times. Slightly higher clock and 2x GPU which was too anemic for 3D.
So far it looks like the CPU is the exact same one used in Moorestown – Lincroft.
Hoping for an actual UMPC. Not these large devices where I might as well carry a notebook since I’ll be using a bag with them.
The Viliv 7″ Windows tablet device is one to watch if you are ok without a keyboard.
Viliv is working on a X70 successor? Are there any information about it?
Also 7″ is to big for a pocketable device. I think that 7″ can fit in a pocket only if there would be almost no bezel. But I doubt Viliv can make it.
So I would rather see a Viliv S5 successor with smaller bezel, much thinner, HDMI output, SD card slot and mainly Linux (MeeGo, Ubuntu) / Android support. That would be a perfect device for me.
X70 Windows Slate is now a sole one 7-inch at the Oaktrail tablets.
Unfortunately, its battery is a non-interchangeable way, a mere copycat way copies Apple’s non-interchangeable battery to whitewash a thinned body.
Also, USB port is only a mini port, it ought to provide a second USB port.
I agree. If it’s not jacket pocketable (ie. I have to carry a bag anyway) then I’d rather get an ultraportable notebook. That means devices with 7-10 inch screens are no buys for me (emphasis on “for me” here).
I’ve bought a Viliv S5 then an N5. Looks like my next UMPC won’t be from Viliv.
Looks like a Z550 with better power efficiency but remains to be seen how well it handles graphics.
Also a big question is whether Intel have produced a fully capable driver – the previous Z series of Intel Atom’s were weak anyway but problems were compounded by extremely poor driver support from Intel. Games from almost a decade previously would not run well and full OpenGL support was not implemented (on paper the hardware supported it).
The CPU/GPU performance seems to be on par with N455 Pine Trail devices(2x compared to Z5xx Menlow).
Battery life-wise it’ll be 30% better than Pine Trail systems. Not sure about Menlow.
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