Intel picks "Atom" as name for new chip family

[Periander6]

Silverthorn/Diamondville to be christened the "Atom" family of processors.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080302/tc_nm/intel_dc_1;_ylt=AhgBFnlCCGJiGpSjtL3XSe0E1vAI

[Zytek_Fan]

Should have named it Core 2 Mini :D

[Fairydust]

I still rather have the car.
http://www.edmunds.com/media/il/features/general/aerial.atom/ariel.atom.lead.340.jpg
Ariel Atom

[GAR]

I still rather have the car.
http://www.edmunds.com/media/il/features/general/aerial.atom/ariel.atom.lead.340.jpg
Ariel Atom

Nice car, nice name, i like it........like the atom bomb

[sxs112]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2060/2306164481_fcf2ebbbdf_o.jpg


http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3063/2306965582_52813cb244_o.jpg


http://www.intel.com/technology/atom/index.htm

[nemrod]

Silverthorn/Diamondville to be christened the "Atom" family of processors.


Is Diamondville = Silverthorn ?

[zaim]

so we gonna start seeing laptops with the atom sticker are we

[XS Janus]

Nice!

[flopper]

Intel going nuclear?

I am so moving to amd.

[K404]

Intel going nuclear?

I am so moving to amd.

My nuke is faster than your nuke.

[RPGWiZaRD]

A-bomb incoming.

[Hornet331]

My nuke is faster than your nuke.
:rofl:

[triple_A]

My nuke is faster than your nuke.

But mine's bigger :D

[largon]

Hmm.
Intel Core
Intel Atom

What next? Intel Proton?

[kiwi]

I'd go with girls names. Hey, I overclocked Jessica 100% :D

[RPGWiZaRD]

I'd go with girls names. Hey, I overclocked Jessica 100% :D

OMG, kiwi for president! :clap: :D

[Yakyb]

Hmm.
Intel Core
Intel Atom

What next? Intel Proton?

ill be happy when the neutrino comes out

[mascaras]

Intel Silverthorne and Diamondville Become Atom and Centrino Atom

The Intel Atom processor will be the name for a new family of low-power processors designed specifically for mobile Internet devices (MIDs) and a new class of simple and affordable Internet-centric computers arriving later this year. Together, these new market segments represent a significant new opportunity to grow the overall market for Intel silicon, using the Intel Atom processor as the foundation. The company also announced the Intel Centrino Atom processor technology brand for MID platforms, consisting of multiple chips that enable the best Internet experience in a pocketable device.

http://www.techpowerup.com/img/08-03-03/intel_atom_centrinoatom_rgb78_thm.jpg (http://www.techpowerup.com/img/08-03-03/intel_atom_centrinoatom_rgb78.jpg)


The Intel Atom processor is based on an entirely new microarchitecture designed specifically for small devices and low power, while maintaining the Intel® Core™ 2 Duo instruction set compatibility consumers are accustomed to when using a standard PC and the Internet. The design also includes support for multiple threads for better performance and increased system responsiveness. All of this on a chip that measures less than 25 mmІ, making it Intel's smallest and lowest power processor yet.1 Up to 11 Intel Atom processor die -- the tiny slivers of silicon packed with 47 million transistors each -- would fit in an area the size of an American penny.

These new chips, previously codenamed Silverthorne and Diamondville, will be manufactured on Intel's industry-leading 45nm process with hi-k metal gate technology. The chips have a thermal design power (TDP) specification in 0.6-2.5 watt range and scale to 1.8GHz speeds depending on customer need. By comparison, today's mainstream mobile Core 2 Duo processors have a TDP in the 35-watt range.

"This is our smallest processor built with the world's smallest transistors," said Intel Executive Vice President and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Sean Maloney. "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."

With personal computing increasingly going mobile and the computer industry rapidly developing new classes of products to connect the next billion people to the Internet, the Intel Atom processor offers customers the unique ability to innovate around the new low-power design. In addition to the MID opportunity, Intel believes the demand for a new category of low-cost, Internet-centric mobile computing devices dubbed "netbooks" and basic Internet-centric desktop PCs dubbed "nettops," will grow substantially over the next several years. The Intel Atom processor is perfectly suited to meet these new market segments.

Intel said the Intel Atom processor also has potential for future revenue opportunities in consumer electronic devices, embedded applications and thin clients.

Intel Centrino Atom Processor Technology
The Intel Centrino Atom processor technology brand represents Intel's best technology for MIDs. Formerly codenamed "Menlow," Intel Centrino Atom processor technology includes the Intel Atom processor, a low-power companion chip with integrated graphics, a wireless radio, and thinner and lighter designs. Together, these components are designed to enable the best mobile computing and Internet experience on these new devices.

Intel (http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20080302comp.htm?iid=tech_atom+pr)


http://www.techpowerup.com/54181/Intel_Silverthorne_and_Diamondville_Become_Atom_an d_Centrino_Atom.html



regards

[flopper]

Intel needs a new namemaker.

Intel quantum effect
Travels back in time.
Will make all your work undone,
As fast as a tachyon beam!

[Frank M]

This sounds stupid.

This will go into the 2nd gen Classmate. Are they implying they are nuking the
project? :D Gives new meaning to this "OLPC promotes terrorism!"-bs: Intel
is giving nuclear centrino to developing countries :p:
Boy, will the FBI/CIA/NSA/etc like this.. their wiretapping will be full of hits
for atom :clap:
.. and so on.

[RaZz!]

i don't like the name either.

sounds stupid somehow. "core (2)" was much better ;F

[Skratch]

I like the name,they are proud of making a small chip run 1800 mhz that can run off a aaa battery.The name fits the cpu perfectly.

[systemviper]

next chip will be the "Armageddon"... :explode:

[tiro_uspsss]

I still rather have the car.
http://www.edmunds.com/media/il/features/general/aerial.atom/ariel.atom.lead.340.jpg
Ariel Atom

i soooo want one of those *sigh*........

[R101]

i soooo want one of those *sigh*........

And this is the Atom Extreme Edition.. :D

http://www.gtspirit.com/uploads/images/ariel500v8.jpg

[SturmoV]

IAEA is so gonna bust Intel for nucular proliferation! :p:

[Swatrecon_]

This is lame. "Atom" sounds really plain and stupid. I'd go with: "Ellipse" something like that. Or "Eclipse"

[gallardo]

This is lame. "Atom" sounds really plain and stupid. I'd go with: "Ellipse" something like that. Or "Eclipse"

Skyline? :shrug:


Oh, wait... was this about CPUs?

[Jack]

I found a nice photo of the cpu.
It's smaller than a 2 Euro coin!

http://www.hardware.info/images/news/intelatom2euro_550.jpg
From top to bottom: 2 Euro coin, Atom chipset, Atom cpu.

[Jack]

Intel's Atom CPU benchmarked

Apparently, the folks at German site ComputerBase got tired of waiting, because they decided to grab one of the Atom machines on display at the CeBIT show and run the Super PI benchmark on it. The result? A 1.6GHz Atom chip seems to sit right between a 900MHz Celeron M and 1.13GHz Pentium 3-M—slower than the former, and a bit speedier than the latter. Considering Asus' Eee PC features a 900MHz Celeron, this benchmark gives a rough idea of how Atom-based devices might compare.


source (http://www.pureoverclock.com/story.php?id=1870)

[BullGod]

Well I think the Atom is a good name. Better than all this E23424323 QX8799658484845 crap. Too bad they didn't make it a proper 2Ghz chip with a bit more oomph.

[[XC] NetburstXE]

But mine's bigger :D

This isn't the cold war. :shakes: :shakes:

[savantu]

Atom gen 2 ( Moorestown ) will power the future Ipod according to Inq

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/12/iphone-x86