Intel's quad-core Bay Trail processor powers Dell's new 8-inch tablet -- one of the first devices up for sale with the chip. October 18, 2013 3:26 PM PDT Dell's 8-inch Venue 8 Pro sports a quad-core Intel Atom Z3740D processor. (Credit: James Martin/CNET) On Friday, Dell began selling one of the first tablets with Intel's Bay Trail processor, as small Windows 8.1 devices go quad core. The $299 Dell Venue 8 Pro can be ordered online starting Friday with an estimated shipment date of October 25. The tablet sports a quad-core Intel Atom Z3740D "Bay Trail" processor rated at speeds of up to 1.8GHz, a 32GB flash drive, and 2GB Single Channel DDR3L-RS 1600MHz RAM. Dell is one of the first out of the gate with a soon-to-ship tablet packing Intel's redesigned, higher-performance Atom processor. Bay Trail offers performance that approaches Intel's lower-end mainstream Core processors and benchmarks seem to bear that out. The Venue 8 Pro boasts an 8-inch IPS display with 1,280x800 resolution -- that's a respectable 189 pixels per inch (PPI). By comparison, the iPad Mini has a PPI of 162. Dell also begun selling Android tablets online starting Friday. The Venue 7 starts at $149.99 with an older Intel Atom Z2560 processor, and the Venue 8 starts at $179.99 with a previous-generation Intel Z2580 Atom processor.
Intel's quad-core Bay Trail processor powers Dell's new 8-inch tablet -- one of the first devices up for sale with the chip.
Dell's 8-inch Venue 8 Pro sports a quad-core Intel Atom Z3740D processor.
(Credit: James Martin/CNET)
On Friday, Dell began selling one of the first tablets with Intel's Bay Trail processor, as small Windows 8.1 devices go quad core.
The $299 Dell Venue 8 Pro can be ordered online starting Friday with an estimated shipment date of October 25.
The tablet sports a quad-core Intel Atom Z3740D "Bay Trail" processor rated at speeds of up to 1.8GHz, a 32GB flash drive, and 2GB Single Channel DDR3L-RS 1600MHz RAM.
Dell is one of the first out of the gate with a soon-to-ship tablet packing Intel's redesigned, higher-performance Atom processor.
Bay Trail offers performance that approaches Intel's lower-end mainstream Core processors and benchmarks seem to bear that out.
The Venue 8 Pro boasts an 8-inch IPS display with 1,280x800 resolution -- that's a respectable 189 pixels per inch (PPI). By comparison, the iPad Mini has a PPI of 162.
Dell also begun selling Android tablets online starting Friday. The Venue 7 starts at $149.99 with an older Intel Atom Z2560 processor, and the Venue 8 starts at $179.99 with a previous-generation Intel Z2580 Atom processor.
