September 19th, 2008 by
Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
Intel’s Atom processor and the netbook are the silicon equivalent of Lindsay Lohan and Samantha Ronson; they’re inseparable. Naturally we can’t wait for the dual-core Atom 330 to cozy up to the next generation of economical portables, but have to wait a bit as it’s being soldered exclusively into tiny desktops at the moment, like the one tech site The Guru of 3D just ran through a series of benchmarks. The posted results could have been interesting had they compared its performance to the single-core Atom 230 rather than AMD’s (relatively) heavy-hitting Athlon 4850 X2 and Phenom 9850 — not exactly apples to apples. We’ll just have to assume it’s roughly twice as fast on the right apps, all that for only twice the power consumption. That’s still only a measly 8-watts!
[Via The Inquirer]
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September 15th, 2008 by
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Italian Engadget readers, take note: Abaco Computers of Milan just announced the production of Europe’s ‘first’ Intel Atom dual-core PC. Measuring up to a mere 27 x 20 x 10 cm (just under 11 x 8 x 4 inches) in the classic and classy “box” configuration, what appears to be a Betamax VCR at first glance is actually a reasonably stacked PC. The machine boasts a 1.6 GHz Atom CPU and up to 2GB RAM; oddly, the site says it sports a “generous” six USB ports, while the pictures clearly show only four and a single firewire jack (which they failed to mention altogether). The Abaco comes loaded with Ubuntu 8.04. Available in Desktop, Thin Client and Solid State flavors, according to your needs. Price varies by configuration, and needless to say, this isn’t available Stateside.
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August 13th, 2008 by
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Things are looking rosy in Intel’s land of Atom, the little chip that could. Early reports from the chip maker indicate that Atom sales are brisk. After declaring a 25% rise in quarterly profit, Intel noted that the MID, netbook, and embedded-friendly Atom isn’t cannibalizing sales of its traditional processors. In fact, it notes that Atom chips are creating a completely new money machine. Intel calls Atom a “perfect recession product” as it plays well into people’s desire to pick up a second PC or a low-cost small computer for kids. Meanwhile, the embedded market hasn’t even been reported yet. Once those numbers come in, it will probably be time to call Atom a success.
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August 4th, 2008 by
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As a recent VIA promo video would have you believe, the company’s lightweight Nano processor is capable of soundly beating Intel’s competing Atom CPU when it comes to playing HD video. Or is it? Not willing to take VIA’s word at face value, jkkmobile decided to try out the very same 1080p video on an Eee PC with the same Atom processor that VIA used in its test and — surprise, surprise — they found that the video played just fine. Now, it is entirely possible that the Nano can beat the Atom in playing video under certain circumstances (and given the raw benchmark numbers, that even seems likely), but when it comes to basic HD video playback, it seems that the Atom can at least hold its own. Head on past the break to see for yourself.
Continue reading VIA Nano trounces Intel Atom in HD video playback? Not quite.
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June 17th, 2008 by
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While AMD has been making headway with some impressive high-end processors, Intel’s Atom has been all the rage in netbooks and ultra-portables. You didn’t think they were going to just sit around and let that happen, did you? This supposedly leaked slide (for which we couldn’t verify a source) details a single-core 64-bit processor dubbed “BGA CPU” that runs at 1GHz, utilizes DDR2-400 memory, and sports on-chip L1 & L2 caches. As for size, you’re looking at 27 x 27 mm (1.06-inches square). All said, the chip’s 8-watt thermal footprint isn’t going to win any super-portable or MID manufacturer converts. We’ll keep an eye on this.
[Thanks, kris120890]
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