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Intel has now begun shipping third-generation Atom mobile chips, the company announced today. Codenamed Cedar Trail-M, this new crop of Atom processors was originally expected to arrive in the third quarter, only for their release to be pushed back twice due to driver issues. Though there was no official word on it, the possibility of a late December release was hinted at in a report last month. Hit the jump for more.
The Cedar Trail-M launch lineup includes two dual-core chips, namely the 1.6GHz N2600 and 1.8GHz N2800. The former has an integrated graphics core clocked at 400MHz, but the N2800 is clearly the more capable chip of the two in this department as well with a 640MHz graphics core. The table below not only lists all the vital stats of the two Cedar Trail-M chips, but also provides a comparison between them and their Pine Trail-M predecessors.
Intel is claiming a 28-percent increase in CPU performance over the last generation. While the graphics performance is said to be twice as good as Pine Trail-M, DirectX 9 remains a common denominator across both generations, with Intel deciding not to develop DirectX 10.1 drivers.
The first products based on these chips will be available in early 2012 from the likes of Acer, Asus, HP, Lenovo, Samsung, and Toshiba.
From the press release: “The new design's dedicated media engine enables full 1080p high-definition playback of videos and Blu-Ray content and includes additional digital display and output options including HDMI and DisplayPort. The integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3600/3650 combined with the integrated memory controller provides enhanced performance and system responsiveness, including an improvement in graphics performance up to 2X compared to the previous generation platform.
“Based on Intel's leading-edge 32nm process technology, Intel incorporated several new features into the platform such as Intel Wireless Display and Intel Wireless Music. With these new features and wireless enabled devices, people can share videos or photos wirelessly from their netbooks to a television, or stream music through their home stereo speakers.”
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