Dual Core Netbooks to Ship in Late 2010
PrintIt might soon be time to take that netbook of yours out behind the shed and put it out of your misery. Or better yet, sell it on Ebay. That way you can use the funds to replace it with a dual-core netbook and do a little more than just basic computing tasks.
Not just yet, mind you, but later this year. Word on the Web is that Intel plans to release a dual-core Atom designed for netbooks sometime in the second half of 2010, and probably in the fourth quarter. There aren't a whole lot of details about the chip, but apparently it will haven a 10W TDP, up slightly from the 7W and 8W single-core Atoms found in current netbooks. The dual-core part will probably come clocked a little slower than today's single-core chips, a trade off we suspect most will be more than willing to make.
Should Intel go through with this, it would be a win for everyone involved. Intel's partners have long wanted to sell dual-core netbooks, primarily because consumers would love to have one, so long as battery life doesn't take a major hit. And for Intel, injecting a bit of performance into a form factor that badly needs it could go a long way in preventing a flurry of would-be netbook buyers from jumping ship and swimming over to tablet island.
Would you be interested in a dual-core netbook? Which would you rather have, a dual-core netbook or a handheld tablet?
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JDorfler
April 21, 2010 at 12:49pm
MSI Wind U230-040US (AMD Neo x2/Radeon HD 3200)
Just b/c it isn't an Atom doesn't mean it isn't a netbook.
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ucjuicy
April 21, 2010 at 12:12pm
I too rock the 1201n, a non-non-ion, and i avoid pinetrail at all costs, the power savings versus the video power gains is not a good compromise. It may be a netbook, but i use it as a desktop ninety percent of the time compared to my desktop. Video transcoding, video editing, all while surfing and vnc-ing my desktop in the house!
Keith E. Whisman
April 21, 2010 at 8:20am
I'll take a convertible Netbook/tablet with a Core2Duo ULV processor. 10,000% more powerful and it sips power almost as well as the Atom. C2D ULV processors from Last gen will be more powerful than even a 5th Generation Atom Processor.
violian
April 21, 2010 at 11:24am
Yeah, I have one of these processors in my 11.6" notebook. Same size as a netbook. It's as powerful as a desktop processor, and my netbook sized notebook gets over 7-8 hours of battery-life. And it costed essentially the same as a netbook (I paid $430 for this notebook).
Havok
April 21, 2010 at 11:39am
My brother in law is looking for an ULV or AMD Neo powered ultraportable, buton the cheap. Which make is yours?
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Havok
April 21, 2010 at 7:42am
I thought all Atom processors since the n330 were dual-core? Or does CPU-Z lie to me about my netbook? I've got an ASUS 1201n rocking with an n330 and CPU-Z is telling me "2 cores, 4 threads", plus I've had it since the end of '09. So if dual core Atoms will only start shipping this year, HOW DO I HAVE MINE ALREADY?!? Just because 'Butters' hasn't reviewed a single dual-core netbook yet doesn't mean they're not out there yet...
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Havok
April 21, 2010 at 11:42am
That's true, I forgot about that point. Both the HP 311-1005ca and my lil' Asus 1201n are rocking an ION platform.
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smkoerner
April 21, 2010 at 6:35am
Sign me up. I think the netbooks focused on power consumption too much up to this point. It doesn't matter how light it is or how long it stays on, I won't use it if it's annoyingly slow.
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