Gigabyte Has a New Windows Slate PC Running Bay Trail

By Kevin Parrish
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Gigabyte has a new slate with Bay Trail and Windows 8.1 inside.

So what's the difference between a slate and a tablet, you ask? A slate PC is thicker to accommodate full-size ports. Slates are smaller, flatter versions of all-in-one PCs, unlike tablets that sport "mini" ports and are designed to be thinner and lighter. Gigabyte dips into both markets, but this latest gadget is most definitely a slate, providing full-sized Ethernet and HDMI outputs in a 14.94 mm thick form factor.

Techpowerup points to the new slate offered by Gigabyte, the S10M 10-inch Windows 8.1 slate. The device arrives with a number of optional features such as all-day computing with an extended battery, an optical disk drive by way of a docking station, and a keyboard kit. There are also a number of storage options and two memory options.

According to the specs, the slate has a 10.1 capacitive multi-touch LCD screen with a 1366 x 768 resolution. This panel is backed by a dual-core Celeron N2805 "Bay Trail" processor clocked at 1.46 GHz, Intel HD Graphics 4000, 2 or 4 GB of DDR3L RAM (1 slot up to 4 GB), and a 1.3MP webcam. All of this is powered by the slate's 29.6 Wh Li-polymer battery.

This slate also provides several internal storage options: a 2.5-inch mSATA SSD in 64 GB, 128 GB, or 256 GB capacities, or a 2.5-inch 7 mm 5400 RPM hard drive in 320 GB, 500 GB or 1 TB capacities. As previously stated, the optional docking station provides an optical drive.

As  for I/O ports, the slate has one USB 3.0 port, one USB 2.0 port, HDMI output, a D-sub port, an SD card reader, a SIM card slot and more. Connectivity options include Gigabit Ethernet, Wireless N, Bluetooth 4.0 and WWAN.

To find out where the new Gigabyte S10M slate is sold, head here. Pricing was not provided.

Kevin Parrish
3 Comments Comment from the forums
  • Mike Friesen
    According to the ARK pages, the celeron has two slower bay trail cores, and hd graphics, supports only single channel ram, and has a recommended price of ~$110.The z3770 has 4 faster bay trail cores, hd graphics, dual channel ram(at a higher speed), and has a recommended price of $37.The only advantage I see is that the celeron has the capability to support pcie.But is that worth a slower chip and $80? No.
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  • kyuuketsuki
    According to the ARK pages, the celeron has two slower bay trail cores, and hd graphics, supports only single channel ram, and has a recommended price of ~$110.The z3770 has 4 faster bay trail cores, hd graphics, dual channel ram(at a higher speed), and has a recommended price of $37.The only advantage I see is that the celeron has the capability to support pcie.But is that worth a slower chip and $80? No.
    The chip isn't slower; it has the same frequency range, but the Celeron has a higher TDP and will certainly spend more time at higher boost clocks. Also, it supports faster, full power RAM, SATA (so you get actual SSDs instead of much slower eMMC), and gigabit Ethernet, all of which Gigabyte needs for these slates and you don't get with the Z3770.
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  • randomstar
    Plus given the limitations of the form factor, it is plenty fast enough, I can say this with authority having used this chip in a SFF box for running a projector in a conference room, several times this month. no issues with performance as long as you are not try ing to use it as a gaming rig or CAD station. ( that being said, NAVISWORKS Freedom and Autodesk DWF / DWG Trueview worked great)Quote:According to the ARK pages, the celeron has two slower bay trail cores, and hd graphics, supports only single channel ram, and has a recommended price of ~$110.The z3770 has 4 faster bay trail cores, hd graphics, dual channel ram(at a higher speed), and has a recommended price of $37.The only advantage I see is that the celeron has the capability to support pcie.But is that worth a slower chip and $80? No.The chip isn't slower; it has the same frequency range, but the Celeron has a higher TDP and will certainly spend more time at higher boost clocks. Also, it supports faster, full power RAM, SATA (so you get actual SSDs instead of much slower eMMC), and gigabit Ethernet, all of which Gigabyte needs for these slates and you don't get with the Z3770.
    Reply