Intel Extends Z5xx-Series of Atom CPUs Into 2 GHz Territory
Intel Extends Z5xx-Series of Atom CPUs Into 2 GHz Territory
Posted 03/23/2009 at 2:03pm
| by Andy Salisbury
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While Intel’s line of Z5xx Atom processors have already impressed the masses with their clock speeds ranging from 1.1GHz to 1.86GHz (all on 2.2 watts of power or less!), Intel feels like they’ve got more to prove.
The newest additions to the Atom family are the Z550 which clocks in at 2GHz while drawing only 2.4 watts and the Z515, with a dynamic clock speed ranging from 800MHz to 1.33GHz (depending on what you’re doing).
It’s expected that these chips will mostly see their way into mobile phones and MIDs, but the Z550 seems well within the realm of netbooks.
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Keith E. Whisman
March 25, 2009 at 9:04am
What he said and Why did they even bother start out with a single core in this age of quad core everything? The Atom should have come out the door as a dual core chip from the very start and phase 2 would have been a quad core.
Dual and Quad core CPU's are like Transfat. They both make everything taste better but you lose as well but it's a loss well worth it. Sure you lose some battery life and with transfat you gain a little weight. Who cares if you look like the people from Wall E.
unixfool
March 27, 2009 at 8:14am
That's kinda crazy. As it is now, most Netbooks can only get 3 hours usage (on the average) out of their batteries. Note that there are a few netbooks with 10 hours capacity...those are very few.
What do you think is going to happen when dual core or quad is factored into the picture???
It sounds like you don't own a netbook. I've a Dell Mini 9. Dude, I'm telling you that if I had a choice between multicore and single, for the sake of a getting good usage out of a battery charge, I'm opting for single core.
WTF are you gonna do with a netbook that requires multicore? It's stupid to game on it...they have subpar video hardware, for the most part, so unless you're doing WoW or something, you're probably not gonna be gaming (on a 9-12" screen???).
You might wanna rethink your thoughts.
TheMiddleman
March 24, 2009 at 9:46pm
Who cares how fast the new chips are when all the major companies are still releasing new products using the now ancient N270 atoms? If they haven't even stepped up to the relatively newer N280's, it'll be 2 years before we see these latest chips actually find their way into shipping products.
unixfool
March 27, 2009 at 8:21am
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. When there's a need for more capacity, that would probably be the time to consider upgrading. Maybe you should define what you mean by 'ancient'.
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