Intel Atom is the brand name for a line of x86 and x86-64 CPUs from Intel, formerly known under the code-names Silverthorne and Diamondville. These
processors were initially designed for ultra-mobile PCs, smart phones, and other portable low-power applications. These little processors;
however, became so popular that they actually moved into the desktop PC arena. Take this mainboard from
ECS for example. It
comes with an integrated Dual Core Atom 330 processor. It has integrated sound, 10/100 Ethernet and integrated graphics. Really all you need to do is insert a slice of DDR2 533 memory and connect a HD, and you are on the web ... browsing at fairly normal speeds, listening to songs, or watching a DVD ... heck it all works fine on that Intel Atom 330 for sure. Next to that, the power consumption is obviously amazing. The
platform completely maxed out merely utilizes 55 Watts, and half of that your PSU will account for all by itself. Interesting for sure, as really these mainboards, including the processor,
only cost somewhere inbetween 75 maybe 99 USD.
The processor is soldered onto the PCB (Socket 437 processor) and functions at a FSB 533MHz system bus and thus has an equal integrated DDR2 533 memory controller. The n
ew Atom 330 CPU is basically the same as its single-core counterpart, the only difference being that it
will be equipped with two cores each running at 1.6 GHz, 2x512KB (1MB) of L2 cache and a power draw of get this ... only 8W. It is still manufactured on a 45nm process technology, and as stated will have a FSB of 533MHz. There are only two logical cores, yet each core is HyperThreading (offering four virtual cores (threads) to a compatible OS). The Atom also supports 64-bit processing, executive disable bit and it is halogen and lead-free.
This little bugger comes with Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (GMA950) with a max Dynamic Video Memory of up to 8MB.

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