Cheap Microsoft Surface Shows Up at the FCC

[AndrewFreedman]

The $400 Surface may be ready for back to school.

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[therealduckofdeath]

Intel Pentium, full HD+ resolution, Windows Ink, 600g and I'm in.

 

[Ninjawithagun]

Pentium? You're kidding, right? If you are serious, know that Microsoft will most likely choose a low TDP/low wattage mobile processor for a small form factor Surface tablet. That means they will most likely choose the Intel Atom. Here's a full list of all the existing mobile CPUs:

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmark-List.2436.0.html

 

[floppyedonkey]

What battery life would you accept?

 

[pensive69]

4 or 5 hours for me would get me through a half days work and
by then i'm ready for resurfacing myself.

 

[therealduckofdeath]

[quotemsg=21110197,0,146263]Pentium? You're kidding, right? If you are serious, know that Microsoft will most likely choose a low TDP/low wattage mobile processor for a small form factor Surface tablet. That means they will most likely choose the Intel Atom. Here's a full list of all the existing mobile CPUs:

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmark-List.2436.0.html
[/quotemsg]
Well, that would be all nice and so if it wasn't for the fact that Intel only makes Atom processors for server farms these days. A single Atom processor is also too weak for a current PC. Even a simple task as opening a browser takes half a minute. Mobile Celeron or Pentium can run on passive cooling, which makes them useful for a decent powered budget tablet.

 

[Brian_R170]

[quotemsg=21110197,0,146263]Pentium? You're kidding, right? If you are serious, know that Microsoft will most likely choose a low TDP/low wattage mobile processor for a small form factor Surface tablet. That means they will most likely choose the Intel Atom. Here's a full list of all the existing mobile CPUs:

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmark-List.2436.0.html
[/quotemsg]

The lines between the Pentium, Celeron, and Atom CPU lines are very blurred. They are in many cases actually the exact same processor die with different fusing options.

 

[alextheblue]

[quotemsg=21110197,0,146263]Pentium? You're kidding, right? If you are serious, know that Microsoft will most likely choose a low TDP/low wattage mobile processor for a small form factor Surface tablet. That means they will most likely choose the Intel Atom. Here's a full list of all the existing mobile CPUs:

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmark-List.2436.0.html
[/quotemsg]As has been pointed out, the ULP Atoms are long dead. Cherry Trail-T was the last ULP Atom with a low-enough TDP for a smaller fanless tablet. Meanwhile some "Pentiums" are Core-based, and others are "Atom" by another name. So it's hard to tell what something is by product name unless you are very knowledgeable or take the time to look it up in Ark (and you still have to know what you're looking at).

The bottom line is that regardless of whether this is a "Pentium" or "Core M", it's guaranteed to be a low-power Core-based chip, like the existing Y series chips.