路透社消息人士及《韓國(guó)時(shí)報(bào)》稱,三星已決定在一款廉價(jià)Android平板電腦中采用英特爾處理器。這對(duì)英特爾來說是一次重大勝利,英特爾此前在移動(dòng)設(shè)備市場(chǎng)遲遲未能取得突破。
根據(jù)消息人士的說法,三星在至少一個(gè)版本的Galaxy Tab 3 10.1中選擇了英特爾Clover Trail+處理器,具體型號(hào)則為Intel Atom Z2560雙核處理器,采用32nm的CMOS工藝。這款平板電腦將成為蘋果公司iPad的重要競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手。
三星此前的熱門移動(dòng)設(shè)備主要使用ARM處理器,但三星也曾在采用Windows系統(tǒng)的ATIV平板電腦中使用過英特爾處理器。不過,ATIV平板電腦的銷量與Android平板電腦相比很小。
消息人士表示,三星將于6月20日在倫敦舉辦發(fā)布會(huì),發(fā)布采用英特爾處理器的新款A(yù)TIV平板電腦。預(yù)計(jì)三星將在6月4日舉行的臺(tái)北國(guó)際電腦展(Computex)上展示新款Galaxy Tab 3。
來回顧一下這款產(chǎn)品的其他主要參數(shù):Galaxy Tab 310.1的編碼為GT-P5200,其配備1280*800分辨率的10.1英寸觸摸顯示屏;前置130萬/后置300萬像素?cái)z像頭;電池容量6800毫安,整體大小243.1*176.1*7.95mm。
三星為何愿意嘗試Intel芯片?
三星決定在Galaxy Tab中使用英特爾處理器是英特爾在移動(dòng)設(shè)備市場(chǎng)的重要突破。談及三星平板轉(zhuǎn)投英特爾的原因,不外這兩方面。一方面,自家的獵戶座芯片在手機(jī)領(lǐng)域面供不應(yīng)求,很難在分心平板;另一方面則是英特爾為了解決兼容問題擴(kuò)大市場(chǎng)而降低成交價(jià)格。所以在雙重原因的作用下,三星平板選英特爾也就不難理解了。
盡管正在開拓移動(dòng)處理器市場(chǎng),但英特爾進(jìn)入這一市場(chǎng)的時(shí)間較晚,動(dòng)作也較慢。目前并不清楚三星是否將在未來的10英寸Galaxy Tab中使用來自其他公司,或該公司自主開發(fā)的處理器。
三星和英特爾發(fā)言人均拒絕對(duì)此消息置評(píng)。上周,VentureBeat等美國(guó)科技博客首先報(bào)道了三星即將采用英特爾Clover Trail+處理器的消息。
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參考英文原文:Intel wins CPU slot in Samsung tablet,Peter Clarke
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Intel wins CPU slot in Samsung tablet
Peter Clarke
LONDON – Samsung Electronics will use Atom-branded processors from Intel Corp. in a range of budget Android tablet computers, according to reports from Reuters and the Korea Times.
Samsung has chosen an Intel Clover Trail processor for at least one version of its Galaxy Tab 3 10.1, the Reuters report said. Clover Trial is a version of the Atom processor implemented in 32-nm CMOS.
The breakthrough by Intel into the mobile computing market is important for the company which has previously dominated personal computing but struggled to gain traction in the mobile sector. However, it is also unusual as Samsung is itself a developer and vendor of mobile processors, under the Exynos brand.
The Galaxy Tab 3 is expected to be unveiled at the Computex exhibition in Taiwan held during the first week of June.
Intel's design win was secured partly due to its willingness to offer favorable pricing and partly on its ability to provide resources to help with design work, according to the Korea Times report.
"Samsung wants to secure as many processors as possible at better pricing. That’s why Samsung Electronics has recently been diversifying its procurement channel in processor chips as a strategy to stabilize production yields of its in-house Exynos-branded processors," the Korea Times quoted a unnamed member of the Samsung research staff saying.
The same report cited an unnamed Intel Korea source saying that Intel had increased the number of chip engineers designing around the Atom processor from 6 to 50. "Most of them are working for Samsung-related projects with a mission to customize circuits for adaptation on Samsung products,” the report quoted the source saying.
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