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Intel Starts Shipping Dual-Core Atom CPUs

Posted 09/22/08 at 12:24:22 PM |  by Paul Lilly

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Back in June, we reported Intel's dual-core Atom processor had been postponed until September, and since that time, the company's single-core variant has enjoyed widespread success in the nettop world. Demand has been so high that there was speculation of an Atom chip shortage, ultimately prompting a response from Intel.

September has arrived, and as predicted, Intel has now officially begun shipping its 45nm dual-core Atom processor. Intel says the Atom 330 has been designed specifically for nettops. The new chip cranks out 1.6GHz per core supplemented by a very modest 1MB of L2 cache. The 8W TDP chip supports DDR2-667 and is being made available as an integrated package validated with Intel's 945GC Express Chipset.

Is this the chip you've been waiting for before picking up an ultraportable?

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avatarlets see some benchies,

Submitted by avanish11 on Mon, 2008-09-22 16:08

lets see some benchies, especially with the dual core atom against the core 2 duo T5200. It's 1.6ghz, 65nm, and 2mb cache.

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avatarI wonder could it because

Submitted by sdcat on Mon, 2008-09-22 16:40

I wonder could it because this new dual core atom failed to be made into netbook because of its high wattage? or could it be that Intel listened to us, consumers, to release the nettop atom?

Even it is just for nettop, it is still fun to have it especailly for HTPC. Compare to usual desktop cpu,the new atom got very low wattage.

Are we looking at bye bye Celeron?

Add: Most likely great for small server as well.

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