Intel Introduces Faster Atom N470 at 1.83 GHz
This Atom's running a little faster... but it could still use some outside help.
The Atom, even in its new Pineview guise, isn't a screaming demon; but Intel today launched a slightly faster iteration of its ubiquitous low-power processor. Now joining the original 1.66 GHz Atom N450 is the N470, which dials its single-core to run at 1.83 GHz with the usual 512KB of L2 cache and DDR2-667 support.
While the slight speed bump isn't going to be changing the character of Atom-based netbooks anytime soon, the option of a "high-end" CPU for netbooks might encourage OEMs to package more capable multimedia-oriented parts with the Atom N470, such as the Broadcom Crystal HD video processor or the Nvidia Ion 2 chipset.
Intel says that major OEMs are expected to introduce systems based on this processor over the coming months.
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Uhm... I can clock my N270 to this speed anyway... come on Intel
Oosh, Intel are getting crazy. A speed jump of 166Mhz!?
I know it's not possible with the design of these chips to suddenly create one clocked at 3Ghz or something, it just's amusing.
tsk tsk ukcal it is a 10% increase which is quite fair it's still the same silicon not a new tech, maybe they can go faster when they make them even smaller