Intel Twin Lake CPU powers Chuwi's new 2-in-1 laptop and tablet — MiniBook X N150 and Hi10 X N150 features quad-core Intel N150 CPU

Chuwi MiniBook X with Twin Lake
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Budget PC maker Chuwi released two new devices featuring Intel’s latest entry-level Intel Twin Lake NX50 series processor: the MiniBook X N150 2-in-1 laptop and the Hi10 X N150 tablet.

Chuwi says these devices will use Intel’s N150 chip. The CPU features four E-cores and four threads, hitting a maximum boost clock speed of 3.6 GHz. Because of their low power consumption, Chuwi could make these devices as small and compact as possible without severely reducing battery life.

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  • bit_user
    The article said:
    Despite being low-power chips, Intel’s Twin Lake NX50 processors make laptops and tablets more affordable. This makes it perfect for kids, students, grandparents, and everyone who needs a laptop or tablet for basic internet access, light productivity, and entertainment.
    This reads like ad copy.

    These things have 4 Gracemont cores, with a turbo clock of 3.6 GHz. However, the turbo table probably limits dual-core boost to like 2.9 GHz and quad-core boost to 2.1 GHz, or thereabouts. Memory is limited to single-channel DDR4-3200 or DDR5-4800. PCIe is limited to 3.0.

    More details, here:
    https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/241636/intel-processor-n150-6m-cache-up-to-3-60-ghz/specifications.html?wapkw=N150
    It's okay for a spreadsheets, email, doc editing, and streaming stuff. It probably bogs, when loading ad-laden web pages, though. Definitely not for any but the most light-weight casual games.
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  • thestryker
    The whole Twin Lake line has already started appearing in the router boxes out of China along side ADL-N in the same devices just with a slightly higher price. I'm a little disappointed that all they did was better bins, but I'm hopeful there will be something new in this space later this year or maybe early next
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  • Alvar "Miles" Udell
    The current model, the N100, retails for about $350 on Amazon, and if you're just looking for something for basic productivity and entertainment, it'd be hard not to recommend something like the Google Pixel Tablet + a keyboard folio + USB-C dock, especially with Android 15's freeform window mode allowing for a Samsung DeX-like desktop experience. I imagine Windows 11 would stutter quite badly with the very anemic graphics on that chip.
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