Chris Gohlke
05-15-2008, 05:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.cnet.com/8301-13924_1-9944795-64.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5' target='_blank'>http://www.cnet.com/8301-13924_1-99...ag=2547-1_3-0-5</a><br /><br /></div><em>"Intel's Atom processor was prominently displayed in systems at a conference in Japan. The chipmaker's next-generation X4500 graphics also made an appearance. Small systems and circuit boards using the Atom processor appeared on the Web site PC Watch, which highlighted designs at a "Systems Expo" in Tokyo. A host of small devices with the Atom processor are due in June. The 45-nanometer chip will compete with processors from Via Technologies such as the C7 and upcoming Isaiah processor. Small PCs and computer systems using the low-power Atom processor included a small embedded computer from Japan-based Dux, a car "infotainment" system from Portwell Japan, and a motherboard for mobile internet devices from Sophia Systems."<br /><br /></em>The market for low power processors is really heating up. There will always be the need for the fastest processors for certain applications, but for your standard functions a low power processor and efficient programs and OS's will get the job done.