Acer's Chromebook 13 runs Nvidia's Tegra K1 mainframe [Acer]
Acer’s contemporary Chromebook 13, announced and to be had in lieu of pre-sale Monday, brings innovative handing out power to a kind that’s better accepted in lieu of pushing cheaply made, necessary browsing tackle.
Its 13.3-inch pose on your own would reap attention (most Chromebooks boast squinty 11-inch screens), but it’s what’s inside with the aim of really counts—and it ain’t Intel. The Chromebook 13 runs Nvidia’s Tegra K1 break off, a cellular phone mainframe announced by the side of CES premature this time.
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The Nvidia Tegra K1 give out shot, viewing (count 'em!) its 192 graphics cores, quad-core CPU, and other battery-saver sample.
The Tegra K1 is a 32-bit, quad-core ARM Cortex-A15 CPU, with an industry-first 192 graphics cores. You can count ‘em by hand, totally on the give out shot made known at this point.
It sounds like something with the aim of would run fast, but excitable. Quite the opposite, says Nvidia. In the sphere of a briefing with PCWorld, the company showed a prototype Chromebook 13 with the aim of didn’t even boast cooling fans.
The company explained with the aim of in the sphere of addition to the four highest CPUs, which can ensue independently enabled and disabled to adjust power consumption, the break off runs necessary online activities, such to the same degree jungle browsing and email, on yet single additional sample that's tuned to ensue battery-efficient. According to Nvidia this architecture lets the Acer Chromebook 13's HD version survive up to 13 hours on a single charge, while the occupied HD versions yearn for survive up to 11.5 hours (more on their configurations below). Either generation is prolonged in lieu of a few laptop, permit on your own a Chromebook.
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The Acer Chromebook 13 puts USB 3.0 and HDMI ports on the back of the system.
To the same degree in lieu of performance, Nvidia showed benchmarks running the Tegra K1 in contradiction of other processors nothing special in the sphere of Chromebooks up to at present; namely, Samsung’s Exynos 5250 and 5800 chips, and Intel’s Celeron N2830. Not surprisingly, the Tegra K1 smoked the competition on WebGL 3D graphics, but it besides finished upfront of the bunch in the sphere of a multitasking test, running Google Docs along with the Songza streaming service and a handful of other websites.
Particular might wonder why all this power is crucial in lieu of jungle browsing. With the aim of was a satisfactory question two years before, but Chromebooks—and really, Chrome OS—has grown-up a plight since therefore. The contemporary generation of Chrome apps can run offline and store up locally, making them much easier in lieu of businesses and schools to practice.
And practice them, they yearn for: Nvidia showed us apps with the aim of take gain of the WebGL JavaScript API to build gorgeous 3D graphics—whether it’s in lieu of an astronomy lesson, a game, or else a vivid presentation. The Tegra K1 is even geared to run Google Hangouts smoothly, allowing up to 10-way conversation in the sphere of HD solution.
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WebGL support and 192 graphics cores mean the Acer Chromebook 13 can run vivid 3D graphics.
All this power comes in the sphere of a package with the aim of weighs truthful 3.31 pounds and measures 0.71 inches dilute, distinctively designed and built to stay occupied. Let’s start with the 13.3-inch pose. I’ve suffered through additional 11-inch, 1366x768 displays than I control to recall. The base-model (CB5-311-T7NN), $279 Acer Chromebook 13’s pose is the same solution, but by the side of smallest amount you induce additional screen real estate.
Confuse an extra $20 on the slab, and the $299 Chromebook 13 (CB5-311-T9B0) gives you a full-HD, 1920x1080 pose. At present that’s additional like it. In lieu of the same cost, the HP Chromebook 14’s screen, while even bigger, is still mystified by the side of plain, old HD.
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The Acer Chromebook 13 has an island-style baby grand with full-size left- and right-cursor keys.
Truthful to the same degree of great magnitude to nearly everyone relations is the keyboard—or it ought to ensue, for the reason that we’re using it constantly. Nearly everyone Chromebook keyboards are hard-plastic, clackety affairs with the aim of are uncomfortable to type on in lieu of prolonged periods.
The Acer Chromebook 13 prototype I tried had island-style keys with the aim of felt pretty good and seemed to boast a gentler travel. Let’s prospect the shipping version is the same or else better. The prototype trackpad was hefty and seemed receptive.
Both of the over Chromebook 13 models fall with 2GB of remembrance and a 16GB SSD drive. A third version (CB5-311-T1UU) comes with the 1920x1080 pose, 4GB of remembrance, and a 32GB SSD. It yearn for cost $380.
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The gone margin of the Acer Chromebook 13 has a USB 3.0 docks and an SD tag bookworm (the latter is not made known here).
On the gone margin of the Acer Chromebook 13 you'll unearth an SD tag bookworm and a USB 3.0 docks. A moment USB 3.0 docks and an HDMI docks sit in the sphere of back, underneath the pose center. On the totally margin, there’s a combination microphone/headphone jack, plus the AC jack. A 720p camera nestles over the pose.
Connectivity is still of great magnitude in lieu of a few Chromebook, and the Acer Chromebook 13 doesn’t stint. It offers 802.11ac Wi-Fi and a 2x2 MIMO aerial in lieu of satisfactory throughput.
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The Acer Chromebook 13's rear center incorporates the power LED and other indicators.
The matte-white indictment color doesn't excite me. I discomfort it yearn for act dirt quickly, but by the side of smallest amount it’s cheerier than necessary black.
All three Acer Chromebook 13 models leave on pre-sale Monday: The CB5-311-T9B0 (Full HD, $300) through BestBuy.Com, and the CB5-311-T7NN (HD, $280) and CB5-311-T1UU (Full HD, additional remembrance and luggage compartment, $380) through Amazon.Com. Acer indicated the models would transport the leading week of September.
We’re looking into the open to wearisome this attention-grabbing contemporary human being to the same degree soon to the same degree we can induce it. Are you? Permit us know in the sphere of the interpretation.
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