The Chromebook is back – and this time it’s Haswell-powered.
At the Intel Developer Forum this morning, Doug Fisher, general manager of Intel’s software and services group, announced a new line-up of ChromeOS-powered devices, due in the shops by Christmas.
At the top of the list was HP’s new Chromebook14, which brings 14-inch screen, optional integrated 4G and a nine-hour battery life. Devices from Acer and Toshiba were also promised.
The Chromebox concept gets a new lease of life as well, courtesy of Asus. The new box, similar in size and appearance to Intel’s own NUC, is aimed at kiosks and call-centres as well as home use.
“The new generation of devices with the Haswell microarchitecture has improved battery life by 50%, performance by 15%”, declared Fisher, who was then joined on stage by Google’s Sundar Pichai, senior VP in charge of Android, Chrome and apps.
“ChromeOS already has 25% of the sub-$300 market,” declared Pichai. “I’m excited about these new devices. With Haswell you get great performance with all-day battery – nine to ten hours – and at the price points they’re going to come in at, I think they’re going to be hugely disruptive in the future.”
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