[fellix]

Read here and here!

Processor Arithmetic Test
Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz – 8291 kpixels/s
Intel Atom 330 1.6GHz Dual Core – 16920 kpixels/s
Intel Core 2 Duo U7700 1.3GHz – 24742 kpixels/s

Memory Bandwidth Test
Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz – 3.54 GB/s
Intel Atom 330 1.6GHz Dual Core – 7.18 GB/s
Intel Core 2 Duo U7700 1.3GHz – 9.53 GB/s

[swaaye]

Oh dear it's the Pentium D style of dual core. No amazingly huge shared L2 cache that can be awesome in single threaded apps.

[RudeCurve]

How does the Atom compare to the ARM processors in performance and power consumption?

[liolio]

Originally Posted by RudeCurve

How does the Atom compare to the ARM processors in performance and power consumption?

In perf per Watt I would say badly.

[Davros]

i do know that a Sempron 64 LE-1100 1.90 GHz is 43% faster than a Atom 230 – 1.60 GHz (thats a single core)

[swaaye]

Originally Posted by Davros

i do know that a Sempron 64 LE-1100 1.90 GHz is 43% faster than a Atom 230 – 1.60 GHz (thats a single core)

Yeah but remember that Atom is a ~2W CPU (at load) usually. Nothing else that's x86 can touch that. Though I'm not sure if 2W is low enough to be useful in Arm/MIPS style embedded apps. Those chips usually aren't as well endowed as Atom though (FPU, L2 cache, SIMD, etc.)

[Tokelil]

Originally Posted by swaaye

Yeah but remember that Atom is a ~2W CPU (at load) usually. Nothing else that's x86 can touch that. Though I'm not sure if 2W is low enough to be useful in Arm/MIPS style embedded apps. Those chips usually aren't as well endowed as Atom though (FPU, L2 cache, SIMD, etc.)

As long as they bundle it with 945 chipset etc. it doesn't matter though. The power requirements for the whole system doesn't look good for ATOM.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...nt,1997-5.html

[Thorburn]

Originally Posted by Blazkowicz

weird that Intel is using a low clocked pentium M core in their coming SoC for embedded/low footprint server use (the SoC with VGA, three ethernet controllers etc.).
They badly want the Atom perceived to be sucky

I think future versions are Atom based. I'd guess Atom wasn't ready in time nor built on the correct process node to make it into the initial design.

Originally Posted by Tokelil

As long as they bundle it with 945 chipset etc. it doesn't matter though. The power requirements for the whole system doesn't look good for ATOM.

945 is only the netbook/nettop chipset, embedded applications use a lower power chipset.

[Unknown Soldier]

Intel Officially Shipping Dual-core Atom

Dual-core Atom may ease shortages of Atom parts in the channel

Intel is dominating the world of the netbook with its Atom single core processor. The processor running at 1.6GHz powers the vast majority of netbooks that are available to purchase right now. The tiny chip is perfect for the netbook market thanks to its low cost and low power requirements.

It's no secret that Intel is bringing new Atom processors to market for the low-cost computer segment. Intel announced via its Chip Shots blog that its dual-core Atom processor is now shipping. The part is known as the Intel Atom Processor 330. The dual-core processor cores run at 1.6GHz and have 1MB of L2 cache.

The processor has an 8W TDP and supports DDR2 667 RAM. Intel says that the new Atom is available as an integrated package and has been validated with the Intel 945GC Express chipset. The chipset features integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 950 and Intel High Definition Audio.

Microsoft has eased the restriction for manufacturers using Windows XP on netbooks to allow for larger screen sizes and more storage. However, the new more lenient restrictions form Microsoft still don’t allow for manufacturers of netbooks to use dual-core processors. That should mean that netbooks using the new dual-core Atom processor would be running some version of Linux and perhaps Windows Vista of some flavor.

DailyTech reported in mid-August that Intel was going to be releasing its dual-core Atom in September and Intel slid the processor in mere days before the end of the month. Intel is still having shortages of its single-core Atom processors in the channel. The shortage has led some makers like Asus to use older Celeron M processors.

Early in September, DailyTech reported that Intel has its next generation Atom on the roadmap for Q3 2009. The next generation Atom processor will be most notable for its integrated graphics processor.

http://www.dailytech.com/Intel+Offic...ticle13016.htm

[Blazkowicz]

weird that Intel is using a low clocked pentium M core in their coming SoC for embedded/low footprint server use (the SoC with VGA, three ethernet controllers etc.).
They badly want the Atom perceived to be sucky