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Samsung will soon release its first Android tablet based on an Intel Atom processor, according to a source familiar with the plan, in what would be a vote of confidence for Intel chips in mobile devices.

The tablet, a Galaxy Tab 3, will have a 10.1-inch display and run on a version of Intel’s Atom chip known as Clover Trail+, the source said. Samsung hasn’t announced such a product, but a Galaxy tablet running Android 4.2 appeared on several benchmark websites this month, sparking rumors of its existence.

According to the GFXBenchmark site, the tablet’s display will have a screen resolution of 1280 by 800 pixels.

A Samsung spokeswoman declined to comment, saying the product hasn’t been announced. No release data was available.
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The Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 will succeed the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, which was based on a dual-core ARM processor. ARM-based chips are widely used in smartphones and tablets, areas where Intel has struggled to find a strong footing.

Late last month, Samsung announced a 7-inch Galaxy Tab 3 that runs on a dual-core ARM processor with a clock speed of 1.2GHz. The 10.1-inch tablet will use Intel’s Atom Z2560 chip, which has a clock speed of 1.6GHz, according to the source.

It would be a big design win for Intel, whose chips are used in 15 tablets, most of them running Windows 8, which has not been a big success. Intel has been working hard to reduce the power consumption and improve the performance of its Atom chips with the goal of making up some ground on ARM.

Clover Trail+ was designed primarily for smartphones and is used in products such as Lenovo’s K900 phone, which started shipping in China this month. Later this year Intel is due to release new Atom chips for tablets, code-named Bay Trail, which should be faster and more power efficient than the current offerings.

Samsung also makes its own Exynos chips, which are based on ARM processor designs. The Exynos 5 dual-core and eight-core chips, based on ARM’s Cortex-A15, are used in Samsung’s Galaxy S4 smartphone, its Chromebook and the Nexus 10 tablet that it built with Google.

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 will debut at IFA 2013 trade fair in Berlin in September, according to unnamed officials at Samsung quoted in the Korea Times.
Those same officials say the eagerly anticipated smartphone/tablet hybrid will have a 5.9-inch screen, about an inch smaller than previous rumors suggest.
In addition, Samsung co-CEO Shin Jong-kyun seemed skeptical when asked whether the Note 3 will have a flexible plastic display. "More time will be needed," he said, suggesting that either the technology won't be ready before the fall or Samsung won't have time to produce enough displays for the launch of such a popular device."The Suwon, Gyeonggi Province-based outfit is developing the Note3 with a 5.9-inch OLED display. The device will debut at this year's IFA trade fair in Berlin, Germany, officials said," writes theKorea Times.
Still, Shin didn't rule out a flexible screen, so it's still possible. Recent rumors say the Note 3 will look much like a larger version of the Galaxy S4, which itself is not a radical departure from the design themes of the Galaxy S3 and the Note 2.
Over the last year, Samsung's design choices have been relatively cautious. While each new device has made technical improvements upon previous models, the advances have been small on the whole, with Samsung relying mostly on marketing muscle to push products off the shelves.
The Galaxy Note 3 is still a long way off and won't be released until later this year. But rumors indicate it will have a 5.9-inch or 6-inch Super AMOLED display with an eight-core Exynos 5 Octa processor, an eight-core Mali 450 graphics processing unit, 3GB of RAM, a 13-megapixel camera, a bigger battery and run Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.
Check back for the latest information on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 as it becomes available.

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