ZTE Announced U950, Probably the Cheapest Tegra 3 Smartphone
Intel Rolls Out 20nm NAND Based 335 SSD Series
ZTE Announced U950, Probably the Cheapest Tegra 3 Smartphone
Chinese manufacturer ZTE has announced its new U950 Android mobile, which features a quad-core processor and a low price tag of $160.
The ZTE U950 measures in at 9mm thick, and features a 4.3-inch display and runs Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Inside you’ll find a 1.3GHz quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 SoC and 1GB of RAM. There’s a rear 5MP camera, and VGA-resolution front camera for video calls. Sadly, the device only has 4GB of internal storage space.
While the features are all pretty basic, it’s obviously the processor power-to-cost ratio that makes the phone attention-worthy. The U950 is priced at 999 yuan, which is about $160USD. The handset is slated for release in China next month. There’s no word on whether this cheap quad-core will be making its way stateside or elsewhere. The first 100,000 consumers to step up will be able to place an order on November 11.
Source: SlashGear
Intel Rolls Out 20nm NAND Based 335 SSD Series
Yesterday Intel Corporation started shipping its first solid-state drive (SSD) using 20nm NAND flash memory process, jointly developed by IM Flash Technologies (IMFT). Announced last April, with shipping beginning in December 2011, the 20nm IMFT NAND uses a new, planar cell structure that enables more aggressive cell scaling than conventional architectures by integrating the first Hi-K/metal gate stack on NAND production.
The Intel SSD 335 Series is a 6Gb/s SATA drive that can replace a traditional, slower operating HDD for faster access to files and programs. The Intel SSD 335 comes in a 240GB capacity that performs 500MB/s sequential read and 450MB/s sequential write.
The specifications include:
Also available for Intel SSD purchasers is the Intel SSD Toolbox with Intel SSD Optimizer, a free utility that provides Microsoft Windows users with a set of management, information and diagnostic tools to help in maintaining the health and out-of-box performance of the drive.
Source: Intel
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