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Dual-core Atom heads for mass production
MASS PRODUCTION OF Intel's dual core Atom processors should kick off by the second week of July, according to DodgyTimes.
PC makers told the Taiwanese site that the early release of the first dual-core Atoms will mean a change in the second half of the year's product line ups, which could prove to be a bit of a downer for single core Atom products as well as other entry level CPU platforms.
The dual core Atom has 1.6 GHz core frequency and hyper threading, and because both the single and dual core Atom processors are pin compatible, single Atom processors can expect an easy upgrade with a BIOS update.
Dual-core Atom systems have 16W of thermal design power (TDP), which is 4W up on the single core version. µ
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With the Core 2 TDPs, you could put a ton (well...many) Atoms, in one little CPU thingie (forgot the word)...maybe that will be Core 3? :P
anyways, Atom is really interesting.
cheers
Atom processors are soldered onto the motherboard, in other words: No, DON'T expect an easy upgrade from a single core Atom to a dual core Atom.
Atom seems very interesting to me. With 1,6GHz it's powerful enough for common desktop applications. Flash videos (Youtube), mapsurfing (Google Earth) and office products (OpenOffice) are good to go. With that it suits many family's needs if there are no grownups demanding better gaming experience (like me a while ago :P). Very tough competitor for AMD's BE models (45W).

With only 16W power output means little heat which means less cooling which means less noise which equals good. Maybe in a couple of years I might by one (or the successor).