Intel Reveals Core i3 & Bay Trail Celeron for Chromebook: Battery Improvements, First 64-Bit Chrome OS, 11.6 and 13.3-Inch Asus Models
Intel has unveiled its latest innovation: the i3 Celeron Chromebook, which boasts 11 hours of battery life.
The processor giant introduced their newest addition to the Chrome OS department with its devices featuring the fourth generation Core i3 processor as well as the Bay Trail Celeron chips in a press conference on Tuesday morning. The company also tapped almost every major personal computer vendor in the market in order for them to contribute to Intel's portfolio and new line of computers.
Intel is gearing itself up to release at least 20 Chromebooks before the year ends. This is a much bigger step for the company, increasing from just four Chromebooks released in September last year. Furthermore, Intel boasted of its plan to be involved in the making and the release of the first featured 64-bit Chrome OS.
According to Intel's mobile client platforms group vice president and general manager, Navin Shenoy, the company is "aggressively pursuing" new forms and gadgets from wearable devices to tablets and basically everything that comes with the Internet.
Initial products include the already existing models for consumers by Asus, Acer, Lenovo, and Toshiba, as the company is focused on the consumer demographic that has experience using the first Chromebooks equipped with Intel Celeron processors running on the Bay Trail-M system-on-chip platform.
In addition to the expected features, Intel adds that the more powerful platform should also fix some bugs and smooth out overall performance while loading web apps up to four times faster. Also, performance of mobile gadgets while running Google Hangouts with several users will be improved as well.
Exact dates and other details were not provided by Intel, but the Asus models including the 11.6-inch C200 and the 13.3-inch C300 will be available during the back-to-school season.
Intel's fourth generation Core i3 chip Chromebooks will stay at $349.