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    Intel Atom Reaches 2GHz

    Discussion in 'Notebook News and Reviews' started by Charles P. Jefferies, Apr 9, 2009.

  1. Charles P. Jefferies

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    Intel Atom Reaches 2GHz
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    Intel has announced the fastest Atom processor to date, the Z550 with a 2GHz clockspeed at its Beijing Developer Forum. The Z550 consumes less than 3W of power. The 1.2GHz Z515 was also introduced. Other specifications of the chip, including the Front-Side bus frequency and cache size, were not announced along with pricing.

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  2. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    give us dual core netbooks!!!
     
    Xirurg, Apr 9, 2009
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    zfactor Mastershake

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    lol then there goes the nice power savings and you my as well carry a pile of batteries..

    even at 2.0 i cant see this performing to much better than the 1.66 now.. it will be better but i doubt it will be that big of a jump..
     
    zfactor, Apr 9, 2009
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    I await the day a netbook can run crysis on high and still maintain a 6+ hour battery life. :D
     
    d.rivera08, Apr 9, 2009
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    Haha, you'll be waiting decades for that.
     
    Xonar, Apr 9, 2009
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    I await the day that any ultraportable less than 3 pounds can do that.
     
    markhedder, Apr 9, 2009
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    I prefer a 1.6ghz dual-core instead of a 2.0ghz single core. Come on Intel!!!!
     
    popextra, Apr 10, 2009
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    You can probably run crysis on high with decent playable frame rates at 800x600 with nvidia ion platform.
     
    jackluo923, Apr 10, 2009
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    You can probably run crysis on low with decent playable frame rates at 640/480 with nvidia ion and the current atom platform.

    :p
     
    anothergeek, Apr 10, 2009
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    Good step forward, intel. Now we need the benchmarks.
     
    Luke1708, Apr 10, 2009
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    You can overclock current atoms to that speed. And whats up with releasing a 1.2ghz chip?
     
    mullenbooger, Apr 10, 2009
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    2GHz . . . doesn't seem like much of a bump, I doubt it will do anything noticeably better than the 1.66GHz chips we have now.
    I think that it may be intended for handheld devices.
     
    Charles P. Jefferies, Apr 10, 2009
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    So? Now they can be overclocked more!
     
    Jayayess1190, Apr 10, 2009
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    These are from the Atom "Silverthorne" family (aka- "Z"-series). A 1.86GHz version, the Z540, has been available from the beginning. The Panasonic Toughbook H1 is the only system that I'm aware of using the Z540.

    The Dell Mini 9 and Mini 12 are the only ones using the existing 1.33GHz Z520 and 1.6GHz Z530 (both with a TDP of 2W). The Z540 has a TDP of 2.4W and the Z550 TDP is 3W. Power usage/heat may be one reason the 1.86GHz hasn't been seen in a netbook application....

    The intial pricing was $40 for the Z520, $70 for the Z530 and $135 for the Z540. The $65 premium over the Z530 may be another reason we haven't seen the Z540 in any netbooks.
     
    allfiredup, Apr 10, 2009
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