Intel Unveiled Atom Low-Power Processors; Silverthorne & Diamondville

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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. 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 TDP specification in 0.6-2.5 watt range and scale to 1.8GHz speeds depending on customer need.

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[C0RR0SIVE]

I would really enjoy those kinda processors, 2 watts.... That would be really nice...

 

[Kharn]

Oh interesting, I wonder if there will be a desktop version ultra low power consumption version.

 

[Eric1]

That is interesting!

 

[Deathawk]

Oh interesting, I wonder if there will be a desktop version ultra low power consumption version.

Personally, I'm a bit more interested with the use of these in things such as cellphones.