Samsung's 15-Inch Chronos Laptop Gets Ivy Bridge

Now that Intel's third-generation Core i5 and Core i7 central processing units are almost ready to ship, Samsung is busy updating its eligible product lines. 

Intel ended up launching more Ivy Bridge CPUs than some people expected, both for desktops and mobile personal computers. 

Sure, a questionable design decision led to them, or some desktop parts anyway, being hotter than intended. 

Fortunately, that has no bearing on the matter we are here to discuss, namely the upgrade of the 15-inch Chronos notebook. 

According to a listing on the company's Canadian website, the machine relies on the Intel Core i7 Processor 3615QM. 

A quad-core unit, the chip has a base clock speed of 2.30 GHz and a L3 cache memory of 6 MB. 

When Turbo Boost comes into play, the frequency should be able to jump all the way up to 3.3 GHz. Go here for the rest of the chip's capabilities. 

For our part, we suppose we may as well list the other components of this unlisted, un-priced laptop. 

8 GB DDR3 system memory is present, clocked at 1600 MHz, along with the NVIDIA GT640M discrete GPU (graphics processing unit). 

Also, Samsung tossed in a hard disk drive unit (HDD) with a capacity of 1 TB (the platter speed is 5,400 RPM, rotations per minute), plus a DVD Super Multi Dual Layer, slot-loading optical drive. 

The spec list goes on with HD audio, a microphone with active noise suppression, 4 W Stereo Speaker (2 W x 2, plus subwoofer), a 1.3-megapixel HD webcam and, of course, the 15.6-inch LCD (SuperBright 300nit HD+ LED Display, resolution of 1600 x 900 pixels). 

There is, at this point, no clue when the Samsung 15.6-inch Chronos will be listed. You might want to hold off on buying a new laptop until you learn more about the when and where, but it's just as possible that it will take weeks, if not months, for sales to start, which may not be worth it.

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