‘Driverproblemen provide for deferment new Atom-cpu’s’

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Intel would release its Cedar Trail Atom cpus to november have had to postpone due to problems with the graphics drivers. The chip maker would Directx 9 drivers must release, while the graphics core is DirectX 10.1-compatible .

Initially would be the Cedar Trail Atom cpus in september come true. The Atom N2600 and N2800 for notebooks, and the Atom D2500 and D2700 for the into near total dominance. These Atom cpus are equipped with a PowerVR SGX545-core for the graphics calculations.

According to VR-Zone is the release of the new generation of Atom cpus, which are baked according to the 32nm process, postponed to november. Reason for the delay would be problems with the graphics drivers; despite the fact that the graphics core is compatible with DirectX 10.1 would Intel in november only 32bit DirectX 9-videodrivers can release. Also missing at the Cedar Trail release probably a display driver for 64bit versions of windows. Why Intel is not the already available reference drivers for the PowerVR core from Imagination Technologies, is unclear.

Intel would also suffer driverproblemen for its Wireless Display technology. Although there are drivers in november released, VR-Zone that not all of the features of the wireless display technology will support. Only in the first quarter of 2012 there would be new drivers in the pipeline that Intel’s Wireless Display technology, or fully exploit. The same would apply for Smart Connect, a technology that a laptop or pc in standby mode are still certain tasks leave processing, such as receiving e-mail.