Intel Introduces Faster Atom N470 at 1.83 GHz

[Darth Sushi]

http://media.bestofmicro.com/intel-logo-2009-atom,E-W-194936-1.pngIntel Introduces Faster Atom N470 at 1.83 GHz
March 1, 2010 by Marcus Yam

" This Atom's running a little faster... but it could still use some outside help.

The Atom, even in its new Pineview guise, isn't a screaming demon; but Intel today launched a slightly faster iteration of its ubiquitous low-power processor. Now joining the original 1.66 GHz Atom N450 is the N470, which dials its single-core to run at 1.83 GHz with the usual 512KB of L2 cache and DDR2-667 support.

While the slight speed bump isn't going to be changing the character of Atom-based netbooks anytime soon, the option of a "high-end" CPU for netbooks might encourage OEMs to package more capable multimedia-oriented parts with the Atom N470, such as the Broadcom Crystal HD video processor or the Nvidia Ion 2 chipset.

Intel says that major OEMs are expected to introduce systems based on this processor over the coming months. "

:source: Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/intel-atom-pineview-n470-netbooks,9762.html

[Pozarynicoeta]

Will be good for lightweight servers too.

[db_la_23]

ya Intel rocks

[zepesca]

humm, better than my xp mobile 2500 :P
help me god, i need to get out of the stone age.

[Skiz]

I've owned (and sold) a netbook with the N270 and I have a media center in my living room running an N330 right now. Both have been positive experiences the entire way so it's good to hear the Atom is still making progress.

[reddy]

i hope i can upgrade tat new atom with my dell mini atom to play high def content

[mothis]

I'd be interested to see what the jump in power consumption for this chip is. I have a netbook with the N270 in it. I get power than enough processing power from that thing for any of the apps that I throw at it (email, teh internets, text editor, etc.). I would much rather sacrifice some of that processing power than an ounce of battery life. But ya, this thing might be interesting for the net-top market.

[j2k4]

Then there's this:

http://myhpmini.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=2445&start=72#p18776

Haven't tried it on mine, yet, but.

[Skiz]

I'd be interested to see what the jump in power consumption for this chip is. I have a netbook with the N270 in it. I get power than enough processing power from that thing for any of the apps that I throw at it (email, teh internets, text editor, etc.). I would much rather sacrifice some of that processing power than an ounce of battery life. But ya, this thing might be interesting for the net-top market.

Probably not, after all that is the attraction of the Atom. I have the Atom N330 in a media center with 3 TB of drive space and pushing music, BluRay, and TV shows. I completely removed the PSU from the case I bought and I only use the 90 watt external PSU that came with the mobo to power the entire system. I'd bet that this is similar.

Edit: I just read this, where it appears it uses less power than the 330:

"...with total kit power consumption down 40%."

Edit2: What are we looking at there J2? I'm not too savvy with specs and clock speeds.