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The Intel atom is the new cpu line from intel that is use on computers like the ASUS EEE pc 901 and higher and the Acer Aspire.

The specs of the CPU are as follows:

Produced: 2008 Manufacturer: Intel Max CPU clock: 800 MHZ to 1.87 GHZ 1.9 GHZ on EEE pc 1000 FSB speeds: 400 MT/s to 533 MT/s Min feature size: 0.045 um Instruction set: x86, x86-64 Cores: 1, 2 Package: 441-ball uFCBGA Core names:

• Silverthorne
• Diamondville

The Atom processor is about the size of an American Penny. It iss on a 45 nm process and packs 47 millions transistors. At the end of 2009 Intel hopes to have a dual core version and have a hyper threading in the dual core version so you can have a virtual quad core. The atom in the aspire and eee pc use about 4 watts of power.

There have been tests done on the eee pc that shows it faster than the Celeron processor that is clocked higher. The most ram currently the atom can use it only 2 GB of ram since the atom is only single channel ram since it only has one ram slot in the system and laptop ram tops out at 2 GB. The intel atom is really the only mobility CPU. I have been using the atom in my EEE pc and I found that it can run games very well for a laptop. The downside is that it uses Intel Graphics 945 or 950 which is not that good for gaming.