Google Pixel getting Haswell upgrade?
Now that Google I/O has come and gone with nary a hardware upgrade announced, what does Google have in store for future Chromebook hardware? Hopefully an update of the Pixel to support Intel’s latest chips! Here are some reports that lend credence to the idea that the Pixel, or another Chromebook, will be seeing Intel’s Haswell chips soon 🙂
Can Haswell Give the Chromebook a New Lease of Life?http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/05/01/can-haswell-give-the-chromebook-a-new-lease-of-life/I’ve discussed Haswell before, and by all accounts it’s going to be a beast of a processor, delivering super-charged performance and a battery life that stretches to a whopping 10 hours…
More info:
http://gigaom.com/2013/04/30/google-working-on-chrome-os-for-intel-haswell-chips-more-chromebook-battery-life-ahead/