New findings suggest that the first wave of Googlebook machines could include somewhere around eight new laptops with a variety of chipsets from Intel, MediaTek, and Snapdragon all on display.
These chipsets themselves are not surprising. Intel, MediaTek, and Qualcomm all confirmed that their chips would be used in Googlebook products, but what is interesting is that we might see one of each right out of the gate.
ChromeUnboxed dug up baseboards for eight distinct devices that all appear to be Googlebooks. That’s based on each being attached to a custom boot screen, something that ChromeOS products do not support. There are four products based on an Intel platform – “Felino,” “Lapis,” “Moonstone,” and “Ruby.” Then, another baseboard using Snapdragon includes three more products – “Quenbi,” “Mica,” and “Quartz.” It’s still unclear which Snapdragon chip will be used for Googlebook. Finally, there’s a “Sapphire” device that appears to be a Googlebook tablet powered by a MediaTek Kompanio Ultra chip.
That’s eight products in total, for now, with four on Intel, three on Snapdragon, and just one on MediaTek. Seeing as these are just codenames, it’s impossible to say if they’ll all be released at exactly the same time, but it’s very likely they’re all in the works for this first wave. It’s rather interesting to see that MediaTek is the name with the fewest number of Googlebook devices in this first wave, seeing as MediaTek has invested heavily in ChromeOS over the years.
Google has teased that the first Googlebooks will be released later this year.
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