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Intel announces Atom brand for Silverthorne, Menlow
By Sumner
March 2, 2008 (IDG News Service)
Intel Corp.'s Silverthorne and Diamondville chips will be called Atom, and
the company's Menlow processor for ultramobile computers will be renamed
Centrino Atom when these products hit the market, according to a company
spokesman.
The creation of the new processor brand sets the stage for the tiny,
low-power chips' upcoming release and marks the opening salvo in a concerted
push by Intel to make ultramobile computers a mainstream product segment.
Several versions of the Atom processor are on track to be delivered to
during the first half of this year, according to Danny Cheung, an Intel
spokesman in Singapore.
The processors are made using Intel's 45-nanometer process and will run at
clock speeds up to 1.8 GHz. Slower versions will also be available, but
Intel isn't saying what the slowest clock speed will be. Pricing for the
chips has yet to be announced.