Intel Atom 2 update..

[Ubon94]

North Chipset living inside a CPU..I wonder how much performance gain will that be



http://geeksmack.net/hardware/800-in...-holidays.html

[Nater]

Not very much, especially if there aren't going to be any improvements to the actual logic of the processor (and I haven't heard that there will be).

It will cut power consumption though, which is the main point of the Atom anyhow. The performance, it'll still suck, big time.

[Ubon94]

Maybe Dual core will give a boost but I wonder if they are going to use the same graphic and chipset

[Nater]

I would guess that the graphics, if that's what you'd call them, will move on-die as well before too long. All of intel's low-end chips are getting on-die graphics, so I would guess the super low-end chips wouldn't be far behind. Especially considering that they could save some power doing so.

I've really never seen intel's dual core Atom in a netbook (with one exception). Maybe with the 32nm shrink they can fit the dual core into the same TDP, or close to it, as the single core chip.

[James]

The initial graphics will be from their G4x series chipsets from what I understand. There won't be a refresh until the replacement for pinetrail is released. That being said, pinetrail with the onboard graphics and memory controller should once again reduce power consumption pretty noticeably.