Intel has quietly slipped out its first dual-core Atom processor along with a tweaked motherboard to go with it.
The Atom 330, as it’ll be known, hasn’t been given an official clockspeed yet, but we expect the dual-core processor to run at 1.6GHz. HyperThreading technology will, of course, be enabled too, which means a total of four threads will be available on the two physical cores.
Additionally, the chip will be packed with 1MB of L2 cache (512KB per core) and will run on a 533MHz front side bus.
The new motherboard, the D945GCLF2, is a mini-ITX board that’s very similar to the board it is replacing. There are a few improvements though and these include support for Gigabit Ethernet and six-channel HD audio – every other feature on the board is essentially the same.
There’s been no mention of a mobile version of the Atom 330, probably because the power requirements for such a chip would be significantly higher than the single-core Atom processors, but one may follow at a later date.
Availability of the board—complete with an Atom 330 processor—is said to happen sometime in September, but there’s no word on pricing at this time.
Excited by the prospects of a dual-core Atom processor? Share your thoughts in the forums.
The Atom 330, as it’ll be known, hasn’t been given an official clockspeed yet, but we expect the dual-core processor to run at 1.6GHz. HyperThreading technology will, of course, be enabled too, which means a total of four threads will be available on the two physical cores.
Additionally, the chip will be packed with 1MB of L2 cache (512KB per core) and will run on a 533MHz front side bus.
The new motherboard, the D945GCLF2, is a mini-ITX board that’s very similar to the board it is replacing. There are a few improvements though and these include support for Gigabit Ethernet and six-channel HD audio – every other feature on the board is essentially the same.
There’s been no mention of a mobile version of the Atom 330, probably because the power requirements for such a chip would be significantly higher than the single-core Atom processors, but one may follow at a later date.
Availability of the board—complete with an Atom 330 processor—is said to happen sometime in September, but there’s no word on pricing at this time.
Excited by the prospects of a dual-core Atom processor? Share your thoughts in the forums.
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