Report: Next-gen Intel Atom chips tinier, cooler

From InfoWorld: The next generation of Intel's Atom family of processors will eschew a faster CPU in favor of an architectural overhaul that Intel and at least one analyst say will result in better performance over today's Atom-based netbooks and net-top PCs.

According to a report published Wednesday by the Hong Kong magazine, HKEPC, the upcoming wave of Atom CPUs, code-named Pineview, will include the single-core N450 for netbooks, and the single-core D410 and the dual-core D510 for net-top, or mini-desktop, PCs.

All will run at a clock speed of 1.66 GHz and come in single or dual-core versions, HKEPC reported, which talked to PC makers in Taiwan, according to a translation by the blog, Netbook Choice.

By comparison, today's single-core Atom CPUs, the N270 and the N280, run at 1.6 GHz and 1.66 GHz, respectively, while the dual-core N330 for net-top PCs runs at 1.6 GHz.

Despite the lack of an overt speed boost, the new Atoms will have several other advantages, reported HKEPC.

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