NEWS : 32nm Intel Atom CPU To Be Called Medfield

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John.

http://www.itproportal.com/articles/2008/12/08/32nm-intel-atom-cpu-be-called-medfield/

32nm Intel Atom CPU To Be Called Medfield

2010 will apparently be the year when Intel will unleash a 32nm Atom CPU package which will combine the processor, the chipset and the graphics subsystem into a single package in a bid to reduce manufacturing costs, thereby producing a System-on-Chip.

More details were released by UBS Securities in a report that was published on tech website, The Inquirer. The financial service firm also said that netbooks should not pose a big problem to the traditional, more lucrative laptop market as, in effect, Netbooks, make the PC pie bigger rather than just gobbling shares.

Two versions of the chip - which will come after the 45nm Pineview Atom CPU next year - will be available, one for low power devices like smartphones and the other for netbooks and low power desktops. Dual Core variants are also expected to cater for ever demanding applications.

Medfield is expected to use PowerVR graphics technology - through IP licensing - which delivers adequate performance and very low power consumption. Expect The PowerVR SGX or possibly version 6 to be used in the 32nm SoC solution.

Intel will start 32nm production later in 2009 and is expected to start with Atom processors because of their small size and low complexity. This will ensure that more chips are etched per unit area with the added benefit of reduced power dissipation - a vital feature in netbooks or handheld computers.

 

Mmmmm, 32nm goodness.

 

Yea but it still will suck and be slow.

 

Yeah , but you will get it for a lot longer

Regards

John.

 

actually, my dualcore atom doesn't suck and is not slow at all. it's hosted in a tiny pc system which is my windows home server. it was very cheap and has awesome performance. much faster than the p4 who tried to handle the work before..

it's the perfect hw for whs. everyone should get one to toy with.

 

Can't wait till next year. Need to get Pineview first before Medfield. My next netbook next year needs Windows 7 and Pineview.

 

Yup, The Atom is a LAUGHABLY slow CPU. The current Atom 1.6ghz is about as fast as an old Pentium3 1ghz. lol. Intel designed the Atom CPU to adhear to the uneducated general public who think ghz means anything these days.

To do this Intel stripped out every major feature from current CPUs other than the SSEs just to be able to bump the clock up to 1.6ghz and remain at low power. Basically the Atom CPU is almost identical to the first generation Pentium 1 but with SSE 1,2,3.

The funny thing is that Intels own ULV pentium M 1.33ghz BLOWS the Atom CPU out of the water, only uses slightly more power, and it made on TWO generation old 90nm process! Not 45nm as the Atom.

Atom CPU = Garbage aimed at the uneducated general public.

 

Er, Hancock, did you ever think there might be a reason why netbooks are so cheap?

 

Cheap????? $350 is CHEAP for the laughable performance you get?????? LOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You can get 2.0ghz pentium dual core (which are basically Core2Duo) laptops for $400 ever week at Best Buy or Circuit City and have more than 6 times the performance.

Cheap you say? LOL!!!!!

 

pentium dual core is not basically Core 2 Duo at all, it is just a die with two pentium 4s stuck on it. i guarantee the atom and a pentium dual core will be equal at the same speed.

these notebooks are not made for performance, but for convenience and accessibility.

 

Hancock, you're ridiculous, but not in a good way.

and the atom is really cheap. http://cgi.ebay.ch/Intel-Atom-330-D945GCLF2-Mini-ITX-1GB-M300-PicoPSU-90_W0QQitemZ130273421317QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item130273421317&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66%3A2|65%3A2|39%3A1|240%3A1318 220$ for a new system that can be run completely silent and is tiny. only need is a hdd (or ssd for complete silence). and that's the dualcore atom.

it's the one i have btw, together with 2.5tb storage disks

 

Im sorry and I mean no offense when I say that even though you have many posts in this forum your knowledge is severely lacking.

Pentium Dual Core was NEVER based on Pentium4 design. It stated as CoreDuo cores and now are Core2Duo

Yes, Pentium Dual Cores use the EXACT same silicon core as Core2Duo. They simply have slightly less l2 cache. Todays newer PDCs rival previous generation Core2Duos.

Im not going to even explain as that is what we have wiki.

Instead of posting thousands of post I would recommend getting an education in laptops instead. You have ALOT to learn if you didnt even know that Pentium Dual Core CPUs are the EXACT same silicon core as Core2Duos.

Lastly, you post "i guarantee the atom and a pentium dual core will be equal at the same speed." This is a great but unfortunate example of someone creating their own reality and believing it. The Atom 1.6ghz iS as fast as a 900mhz Clereon M (which is a single core) in most apps and only slightly faster in video apps due to sse3 lacking on the celeron M.

How can this be? Intel stripped the fantastic super scale architecture and superior out of order execution plus MANY MANY other features. Im not going to even bother explaining what this is.

 

Why don't they use the System on a Chip technology with their other CPUs??

 

They will, with the launch of Nehalem for notebooks. Atom just gets it first.

"In keeping with the Nehalem design, Calpella-grade systems will move from being a three-chip package to a two-chip package with the memory controller and graphics integrated into the processor". http://apcmag.com/intel_details_centrino_roadmap_for_2009.htm

 

Very good I guess. I am not sold on the current Atoms though. I haven't tried the dual core ones though yet, so maybe they are slightly better.

 

my knowledge is not "severely lacking", i got mixed up, pentium d was the two p4's stuck together.

thanks for the lecture too dad

 

I'm excited for Pineview. No more GMA 950! Need to start saving now.

"In addition to its 32-nm plans in 2010, Intel plans to offer a new Atom processor for netbooks – codenamed “Pineview” – in the second half of 2009, according to the UBS research note. Intel is also planning a new chip set for netbooks at the same time, which will use the company’s own graphics technology".

http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Desktops-and-Notebooks/Intel-Atom-Processor-Roadmap-Springs-a-Leak/