The French ARCHOS Co. adds a new device to its product range. The point of the talk is a budget-friendly Vision 215 monoblock, which is quite an extraordinary device. At first glance the novelty resembles a standard stylish monitor with thin bezels. The thickness of the display is 6.85 mm only. The diagonal of its Full HD panel with the 1920 х 1080 resolution is 21.5”.
Owing to the platform applied, this All-in-One device costs not much – 300 euro. It is built on the Cherry Trail generation Intel Atom x5-Z8350 CPU. The processor features four cores, operating at 1.44–1.92 GHz frequencies. At the same time the PC is supplied with the 4 GB LPDDR3 RAM and the 32 GB eMMC ROM, which may be expanded by microSD cards. One may also install a 2.5-inch drive.
Vision 215 has a couple of 3 W speakers, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 wireless interface modules and a set of front-end solutions, consisting of …
Antec decided to expand its renowned High Current Gamer M series of power supply units with two new models. Codenamed HCG-750M and HCG-850M, the units are characterized by modular cable connectivity and rather high level of efficiency (up to 81% in 230V networks). Not for nothing this couple is honored by 80Plus Bronze certificate that vindicates their prime-quality. It must be noted that existent internal framework is totally the work of Seasonic, Antec’s contractor.
Within the confines of CES 2015, Intel has officially introduced the fifth generation of Intel Core mobile processors. The lineup is targeting traditional laptops, ultrabooks, 2-in-1 devices, chrome-books, all-in-one items as well as mini-PCs. Besides, the company pin hopes for their CPUs to be additionally implemented within ‘All-inclusive Internet/Internet of Things’ embedded device concept.