Intel announced a new family of low-power processors that will run its low-cost PCs and mobile internet devices (MIDs). Branded as Intel Atom, this new processor will be based on a new Intel microarchitecture designed specifically for small devices and runs on low power. Despite its size the new process still has the same Intel Core 2 Duo instruction set compatibility which consumers have grown accustomed to in their PC and the internet.
Measuring less than 25 mm on a chip, the Intel Atom processor supports multiple threads ensuring better performance and increased system response time. By far, this is Intel’s smallest and lowest power processor ever produced yet. The new Intel Atom chip which was previously named Silverthorne and Diamondville will be produced using Intel’s 45nm process with hi-k metal gate technology. It has a thermal design power (TDP) specification in 0.6-2.5 watt range and can be scaled to 1.8GHz speed. Comparing it with today’s mainstream Mobile Core 2 Duo processors TDP’s of 35-watt range, the Intel Atom.
According to Intel’s Executive VP and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Sean Maloney the Atom is Intel’s smallest processor built with the smallest transistors.
“This small wonder is a fundamental new shift in design, small yet powerful enough to enable a big Internet experience on these new devices. We believe it will unleash new innovation across the industry,” says Maloney.
Intel’s Atom processor gives customers the ability to innovate around the new low-power design which suits well with the growing demand for mobile personal computing. Intel is posing its products towards the increasing demand for low-cost, internet-centric mobile computing devices. These devices which are more commonly known as “netbooks” and “nettops” could very well use Intel’s new Atom processor.
Read [Intel News Release]
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