Wednesday, August 20th 2008
Atom Successor Moorestown to Further Reduce the Power Envelope
Ryan "Opie" Shrout, live blogger for PC Perspective took these snaps of slides pertaining to the next generation Atom processor that were on display at IDF.
According to the first slide, the next generation of Atom CPU, codenamed Moorestown planned for 2009 ~ '10 could reduce the idle power draw by greater than 10 times that of its predecessor. Intel also seems to be working on getting rid of the core-logic (chipset) the current implementations of the Atom processor are based on, the i945, which not many in the computing world seem to have appreciated owing to its power-draw. The second slide talks about a newer Langwell processor and Lincroft chipset which have been presented in a size comparison. If that plan materializes, expect a x86 PC module to be smaller in size than your credit card, fit for deployment into much smaller portable devices.
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PC Perspective
According to the first slide, the next generation of Atom CPU, codenamed Moorestown planned for 2009 ~ '10 could reduce the idle power draw by greater than 10 times that of its predecessor. Intel also seems to be working on getting rid of the core-logic (chipset) the current implementations of the Atom processor are based on, the i945, which not many in the computing world seem to have appreciated owing to its power-draw. The second slide talks about a newer Langwell processor and Lincroft chipset which have been presented in a size comparison. If that plan materializes, expect a x86 PC module to be smaller in size than your credit card, fit for deployment into much smaller portable devices.
11 Comments on Atom Successor Moorestown to Further Reduce the Power Envelope
Anyone else wonder how much American Express paid?
Imagine what will be if new Atom combines with AMD 790 mobile chipset - 0.5W + 0.9W = 1.4W total energy consumption on full load playing Crisys on full HD. My optical mouse is more power hungry :toast:
Intel Core 2 Eighty Extreme Edition
Designed for the average desktop user who wants to download torrents, use spreadsheets, surf the web, compile source, IM, E-mail and play 50 copies of Solitaire.
:roll:
I heard these things have the clock efficiency of a P4.