Samsung Launches Galaxy Tab 3 with 10.1-inch Screen and Intel Processor

Samsung Electronics on Monday launched two new tablets, an 8-inch tablet and the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch, which uses Intel chips.

The company also confirmed its intention to use Intel Corp processors to power a new version of one of its top-tier Android tablets.

The 10.1-inch tablet, which competes with Apple Inc's iPad, will be powered by Intel's 1.6-GHz dual core processor and run the latest version of Google Inc's Android operating system. It will support 3G and 4G network connections and the screen will have 1,280 x 800 resolution.

Samsung said the new products will be available globally this month, but did not provide price details.

Intel called the shots in the personal computer industry for decades, but was slow to make chips that appealed to makers of smartphones and tablets as the market boomed following the release of Apple's iPhone in 2007 and iPad in 2010.