RSSIntel begins shipping new Atom Processor
By Tim Conneally | Published February 6, 2009, 12:18 PM
Intel is now shipping the next generation of its Atom processor, the single core N280, to PC manufacturers. This iteration of the Atom microarchitecture has already been slated for use in Asus' latest Eee PC Netbook, the 1000HE. Asus has increased the battery life of this Eee to a purported 9.5 hours on a single charge, thanks to the new Atom processor which only consumes 2.5 Watts of power.
The Atom N280 runs at 1.66GHz, FSB 667MHz, and Pre-orders for the first netbook equipped with it, Asus' 1000HE, began this week.
And um... hyperthreading.
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|funny, how marketers utilize fancy names, like with cars.
The "ATOM". Hmph, based on the fsb and ghz and power consumption, it sounds like a mini-ture version of a P3.
Whats next?
A regular ol'terabyte hard disk called the "HERCULES" on a low quality motherboard called "SuperNitro" inside a cheap plastic shell called the "TITANIC"?
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|Yep, a P3. Twice the processor speed, five times the FSB speed and only 2.5 watts.
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