Netbooks With Intel’s Dual-core Atom Chip

Category HardWare | Sunday, August 29th, 2010

Online retailers have started selling netbooks with Intel’s new dual-core Atom processor, ahead of official product announcements from PC makers.
Intel announced the dual-core Atom N550 netbook chip on Monday. The chip maker said netbooks with the new chip would become available immediately, but major PC makers have not announced products yet.

Intel has said the dual-core processor is faster than its single-core predecessors, which go into most netbooks today. Netbooks will run applications faster and play 720p video, an improvement over earlier models that struggled with high-definition video. Netbooks will remain as thin and light as existing models, and offer similar battery life.

The chip runs at a speed of 1.5GHz and has 1MB of cache. It draws up to 8.5 watts of power.

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