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We saw this one coming before the weekend, and just as we expected, Intel today officially took the wraps off of its new Atom N470 processor.
"This new, faster Atom processor for netbooks has integrated graphics built directly into the CPU to help enable improved performance and smaller, more energy-efficient designs or the popular netbook category," Intel said.
No big surprises here, at least not in terms of technical specs. The new single-core chip runs at 1.83GHz and features 512KB of L2 cache and DDR2-667 support. According to Intel, expect to see all the major OEMs introduces systems built around this new chip in the coming months.
What does come as a surprise, however, is that some netbook makers are already looking beyond the N470. According to Liliputing.com, some netbooks on display at CeBIT this week are equipped with even newer Atom parts, including the N455 and N475. There aren't a whole lot of details on these higher-numbered chips, but from what we can tell, they look to add features like DDR3 support and Broadcom rather than faster clockspeeds.
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Pball1224
March 01, 2010 at 7:49am
I haven't been following Intel Atoms all that much. Are these chips already more robust than a P4, other than the obvious of being a whole different arcitecture causing them to run on much less power and much cooler. I'm curious about the comparison of processing power.
themohawkadmin
March 01, 2010 at 11:24am
From what I've heard, it's really a mixed bag. In some things, the P4 will destroy an Atom; whereas others the Atom wins (even at a lower clock speed). Overall, they seem to have similar performance per clock. So, a 3.0Ghz Pentium 4 will be faster, but it may also be using 130W of power. :/
