Intel Makes its New Atom Platform Official

Here’s the reason why we netbook manufacturers are suddenly all buzzed up again, Intel’s official announcement of its new Atom Platform, the N450 aka Pine Trail. The new Intel Atom platform is composed of the Intel Atom processor – the N450 and a new low-power Intel NM10 Express Chipset.

Salient features of the new Intel Atom Platform include:

• smaller package due to increasing integration and 45nm manufacturing
• smaller, more compact design
• lower cost for OEMs
• improved performance
• integrated memory controller and graphics
• 20% improvement in average power
• 60% reduction in total footprint

Technical specs are as follow:

• single core processor
• 512K of L2 cache
• 7 watt total kit TDP including chipset
• 1.66GHz

With the Intel Atom going official, expect more netbook manufacturers to announce their latest netbooks powered by this chipset.

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