Intel Atom N470 review

During today, Intel has made available the new Intel Atom N470 processor, designed specifically for use on mobile and able to work at a frequency of 1.83 GHz One of the key aspects of this model is the consumption of just 5.5 W, which, combined with the efficiency of the platform Pine Trail, could lead to interesting values regarding autonomy, critical for systems devoted to full mobility.

A look in detail can learn the presence of a second-level cache of 512 KB and support for DDR2-667 MHz is, in fact, an enhanced version of the previous N450, the new home of Intel CPUs and built using 45-nanometer manufacturing process and incorporates a single core computing. Section graphics (X3150) is, as usual for this family, integrated in the processor die.

In essence, therefore, Atom N470 does not differ too much from its predecessor except for the operating frequency, slightly superirore. Consequently, no one should expect to likely changes are significant performance although it is still early to make assumptions. The fact remains that the family Pine View for mobile systems was designed with a look more oriented to efficiency and low-power consumption than to the Raw performance that remain, however, more than sufficient to carry out basic activities and for multimedia.

The Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3T (which, as mentioned in a previous article, will be available within a few weeks) will be one of the first systems to incorporate the new processor developed by Californian chipmaker though, the upcoming CeBit 2010 in Hannover, will be undoubtedly an ideal setting for the presentation of different products that can exploit the new model created by Intel.