Samsung's kick off on Thursday of the the ultra-thin, ultra-light, and premium-design nine Series laptop puts it head-to-head now with Apple's MacBook Air - and so begins the war with the sleek laptops.
Announcements on Thursday of Apple's revamp from the MacBook Pro and Intel's Thunderbolt universal connection technology might have garnered many of the media's interest, but when what you're seeking could be the sleekest, most transportable (and fully-capable) notebook now, Samsung has just used the lead.
Collection 9 notebooks have launched in South Korea, Samsung's home region, and therefore are anticipated to start marketing within the U.S. and also other nations in March. For the reason that MacBook Air just isn't due for any refresh for one more many months, the Samsung Series nine may be your most portable, thinnest and lightest laptop computer choice correct now.
In lots of respects, the Samsung nine Collection is a lot such as the MacBook Air, that has a top quality design and high-end price. The nine Sequence has an MSRP of $1,599 in comparison with the $1,299 to $1,599 price (depending on storage potential) from the MacBook Air - not a complete great deal of difference.
For that cost, the Samsung 9 Series will get you a slightly thinner and lighter notebook (0.64 inches thick versus the MacBook Air's 0.68 inches; 2.89 kilos vs . 2.9 kilos), far more memory (4GB vs . 2GB), and aircraft-grade Duralumin substance (twice as robust as aluminum). It boots Windows in underneath 20 seconds, has 160-degree viewing angles, and otherwise looks tailored for premium laptop end users who care about the two type and purpose.
Since the specs and pricing are so close, determining in between the nine Sequence and the MacBook Air may be considered a make a difference of OS preference, or, primarily, that age-old question: are you currently a Mac or possibly a Pc?
"Stylish," "slim," and "powerful" are words that seemingly have been reserved for Apple notebooks and merchandise on the whole. Using the 9 Series launch, Samsung signals its determination to challenge Apple and other opponents for that high-end mobile market, with the ambitious program to increase revenue of global laptops by 80 percent this 12 months, according to a current Bloomberg report.
Put simply, the skinny laptop computer war as well as the era of MacBook Air rivals has officially begun - very good information for laptop computer users all around.
2011年2月27日星期日
2011年2月16日星期三
Nissan to manufacture Lithium-ion batteries in Portugal
With the EVs and hybrids turning out to be more and more well-liked, the need for that fuel cells specifically lithium-ion batteries has become growing rapidly. Quite a few automobile businesses import the batteries from an additional vendor and now it has been noted that Japanese automobile main Nissan has begun construction of a lithium-ion battery production plant at Cacia, Portugal, in which the business previously builds transmissions for Renault vehicles.
Nissan's electrical automobile Leaf has generated a great deal of buzz within the Western markets as well as the vehicle may have lithium-ion batteries working the engine. The car will compete towards GM's Chevrolet Volt and Mitsubishi's iMiEV as well as versus hybrid's these kinds of as Toyota Prius and Honda Civic.
The reports have stated the 156 million euro ($210.two million) plant is getting developed adjacent to your Renault transmission plant on the 30,450-sq-meter plot. It is scheduled to go into operation in December 2012 with capacity to produce 50,000 battery modules a yr. The reports have quoted Toshiyuki Shiga, Nissan's chief working officer as stating "The Cacia plant might be one of three amenities in Europe supplying batteries to electric vehicles created by the Alliance, beginning using the 100 per cent electrical Nissan Leaf. Collectively, the 3 plants will allow the Alliance to roll out electric autos in Europe on an unprecedented scale, bringing the planet 1 action closer to a zero-emission long term."
In accordance to your report, Nissan can be making a lithium-ion battery plant near its assembly plant at Sunderland, UK, that is slated to arrive on stream in early 2012 and it's also setting up a plant at Flins, France. They're going to have potential to supply 60,000 and a hundred,000 batteries respectively.
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Nissan's electrical automobile Leaf has generated a great deal of buzz within the Western markets as well as the vehicle may have lithium-ion batteries working the engine. The car will compete towards GM's Chevrolet Volt and Mitsubishi's iMiEV as well as versus hybrid's these kinds of as Toyota Prius and Honda Civic.
The reports have stated the 156 million euro ($210.two million) plant is getting developed adjacent to your Renault transmission plant on the 30,450-sq-meter plot. It is scheduled to go into operation in December 2012 with capacity to produce 50,000 battery modules a yr. The reports have quoted Toshiyuki Shiga, Nissan's chief working officer as stating "The Cacia plant might be one of three amenities in Europe supplying batteries to electric vehicles created by the Alliance, beginning using the 100 per cent electrical Nissan Leaf. Collectively, the 3 plants will allow the Alliance to roll out electric autos in Europe on an unprecedented scale, bringing the planet 1 action closer to a zero-emission long term."
In accordance to your report, Nissan can be making a lithium-ion battery plant near its assembly plant at Sunderland, UK, that is slated to arrive on stream in early 2012 and it's also setting up a plant at Flins, France. They're going to have potential to supply 60,000 and a hundred,000 batteries respectively.
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2011年2月8日星期二
Intel Resumes Shipments of 6-Series Core-Logic Sets
After about 1 week of halted shipments, partners of Intel Corp. intend to resume shipments of personal computers according to Intel Core i-series "Sandy Bridge" microprocessors which styles aren't impacted by chipset flaw. Intel will also resume shipments of its chipsets to individuals makers, who can assure the lack of core-logic-related difficulties.
Final week Intel revealed that Serial ATA-300 controllers of its 6-series chipsets consist of an erratum, which may eventually result in overall performance degradation of storage devices. Considering contemporary chipsets help quite a few Serial ATA ports and SATA-600 controllers of the 6-series chipsets usually are not impacted, it will need to be possible to utilize those core-logic sets inside notebooks considering that such methods have just one or two Serial ATA-based gadgets. Furthermore, desktop technique makers may possibly also disable faulty SATA-300 ports and install an add-on Serial ATA card to supply essential sum of storage ports. As a result, end-users' encounter with PCs is not going to be compromised furnished that computer system manufacturers take care of this.
"Intel subsequently initiated in depth discussions with laptop or computer makers about this matter. [...]As a consequence of these discussions and distinct requests from personal computer makers, Intel is resuming shipments from the Intel 6-series chipset for use only in Pc system configurations which are not impacted through the style issue," Intel explained in a statement.
In parallel, Intel has began production on the new model of this assistance chip. Intel now expects to start shipping the brand new parts in mid February.
This resumption of shipments of the Intel 6-series chipset shouldn't be shifting the company's up to date to start with quarter 2011 and full-year fiscal outlook published on January 31st, 2011.
Final week Intel revealed that Serial ATA-300 controllers of its 6-series chipsets consist of an erratum, which may eventually result in overall performance degradation of storage devices. Considering contemporary chipsets help quite a few Serial ATA ports and SATA-600 controllers of the 6-series chipsets usually are not impacted, it will need to be possible to utilize those core-logic sets inside notebooks considering that such methods have just one or two Serial ATA-based gadgets. Furthermore, desktop technique makers may possibly also disable faulty SATA-300 ports and install an add-on Serial ATA card to supply essential sum of storage ports. As a result, end-users' encounter with PCs is not going to be compromised furnished that computer system manufacturers take care of this.
"Intel subsequently initiated in depth discussions with laptop or computer makers about this matter. [...]As a consequence of these discussions and distinct requests from personal computer makers, Intel is resuming shipments from the Intel 6-series chipset for use only in Pc system configurations which are not impacted through the style issue," Intel explained in a statement.
In parallel, Intel has began production on the new model of this assistance chip. Intel now expects to start shipping the brand new parts in mid February.
This resumption of shipments of the Intel 6-series chipset shouldn't be shifting the company's up to date to start with quarter 2011 and full-year fiscal outlook published on January 31st, 2011.
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