The Samsung N510 ultraportable notebook will arrive in the US market in September. It is based on the Nvidia Ion chip. Samsung has plans to release two other models – N511 and N508 - using the same chip this year itself.
The N510 has an 11.6 inch LCD display with 1366x768 screen resolution. It is powered by an Intel Atom N280 1.66 GHz processor. Graphics and HD media content are handled by the Nvidia Ion 9400M GPU. The notebook comes with 1GB of RAM. The maximum storage capacity is 160HDD. Other useful features include an HDMI port with which you can connect the laptop to external monitors. Prices start at $599.
Samsung has not yet announced the release date of N511 and N508. They are also based on the Intel Atom processor and Nvidia Ion GPU.
The Samsung Electronics Corporation, the memory chip manufacturer, supposed Friday that it may procure a flash memory producer, SanDisk, in a transaction that may possibly restructure a struggling industry. A getting hold of of SanDisk would swell Samsung’s bazaar share at a time when prices for flash memory, utilized in products like digital cameras, cell phones and music players, are diminishing piercingly. The agreement would also trim down Samsung’s licensing costs. “We are seeking at an assortment of opportunities regarding SanDisk, but not anything has been sure yet,” a Samsung spokesman, James Chung, revealed. In an authoritarian filing soon after, Samsung told one of its alternatives would be to get hold of SanDisk.