A source familiar with Intel’s plans said Intel will officially release the latest on Monday, which should bring faster performance and longer to netbooks.

Intel Atom N470

Atom chips go into small, low-cost laptops called netbooks that are designed to surf the Web and run . The will run at a speed of 1.83GHz, making it Intel’s fastest chip for netbooks to date. The new processor is based on a new second-generation Atom that Intel released in December.

Intel at the time announced the first chip belonging to the architecture, the Atom N450 processor, which runs at a speed of 1.66GHz. The processor can be found in netbooks priced between US$299 (RM1000) and $499 (RM1699). Systems based on N470 could start shipping as early as next week, the source said. Some PC makers displayed netbooks with the N470 processor at the earlier this year in Las Vegas, but no systems have officially shipped yet.

declined to comment on the product. The architecture integrates a and memory controller inside the Atom chip, which allows for faster system and than its . Intel has claimed that the processor could smoothly play back 720p high-definition video.

The new Atom chips are also more power-efficient, which could extend the battery life in some netbooks. Some netbooks have shown battery life of more than 10 hours. The integration also makes the chip smaller, which allows PC makers to build smaller and lighter netbooks. Intel also offers the Atom and processors for low-cost desktops.

More improvements for Atom netbooks are on tap, including a graphics boost in early March when launches the Ion 2 . The platform couples an Atom processor with an processor to bring full high-definition video to netbooks. Acer has already announced a , the Aspire One 532G, with the Ion 2 platform.


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