Following the previous Samsung Chromebook notebook computer using Rockchip microprocessor chips, today the company again, become the world's first Google Chrome tablet processor provider.
On March 27th, Google and its well-known computer company Acer introduced a ChromeOS tablet for the school market. This is the first time that ChromeOS is integrated with a tablet computer. Its significance lies in greatly expanding the scope of the ChromeOS operating system application, and This market competes with Apple tablets and Windows tablets.
It is reported that the tablet is named 'Acer Chromebook Tab 10' and runs a full-featured Chrome OS. There is a Dock at the bottom of the screen. There are tools on the Dock to quickly create notes, screenshots and enlargements. Google and external vendors have launched A large number of schools and student-specific software for the ChromeOS system can also be applied to the aforementioned ChromeOS tablet. In addition, it can also run Android software downloaded from the Google official store.
In terms of specifications, taking into account the education market, this device looks similar to the existing Android tablet. The thick border surrounds the 9.7-inch LED display with a resolution of 2048 x 1536 and a PPI of 264. The IPS panel supports Wacom EMR handwriting. Pen, no battery, can be seamlessly inserted into the tablet for storage.
Other specifications include 2x2 MIMO 802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, 2 megapixel front camera and rear 5 megapixel camera, USB Type-C port, 3.5 mm headphone jack and dual speakers, battery life is 9 hours.
Most notable is that the Acer Chromebook Tab 10 is equipped with the same processor as the previous Samsung Chromebook Plus 'OP1'. According to the micro-net reported previously, the processor is from the well-known Chinese chip maker Rockchip RK3399 chip.
It is understood that Rockchip RK3399 is currently the most powerful, can be applied to the whole platform chip. The chip uses big.LITTLE size core architecture, dual Cortex-A72 large core + four Cortex-A53 small core structure. GPU uses four The new generation of ARM ARM's high-end image processor, the Mali-T860, integrates more bandwidth compression technologies: such as smart overlay, ASTC, local pixel storage, etc. It also supports more graphics and computing interfaces. The overall performance is 45% higher than the previous generation.
In addition to the powerful CPU and GPU, RK3399 integrates dual USB3.0 Type-C interface, supports Type-C Display Port audio and video output, dual ISP pixel processing capability up to 800MPix/s, support dual camera data input at the same time, support 3D, depth information extraction and other high-level processing, MIPI / eDP interface, supports 2560 × 1600 screen display and dual screen display.
Some industry commentaries have stated that before this, Rockchip Micro became the world’s top-line brand Samsung Chromebook notebook core device supplier, has already demonstrated its technical strength. Now once again involved in the cooperation of top global manufacturers, let us see China The core is fully rising the trend.
It is reported that the Acer Chromebook Tab 10 will be launched in North America in April this year for 329 US dollars, launched in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in May this year, the price is 329 euros.