The Atom Processor

[Shockwave]

Really small cpu.

atom cpu

[rain_storm]

Gotta love tiny stuff and its packing quite a punch too

Max CPU clock: 800 MHz to 1.87 GHz
FSB speeds: 533 MT/s

My Celeron has a FSB of 333MHz which means that this little chip will spend only half the time waiting for memory than my celeron does

Edit : Unless 533 MT/s is not the same thing as 533 MHz

[Pixel_Outlaw]

Hmm I've seen those on my pockets....OH to the right! That is small.

[Jim]

You can see Intel's strategy here.  Make 2-core CPUs and get everyone to learn how to code multi-threaded - they've been doing free webinars and publishing all kinds of white papers for the last 5 years - instead of relying on faster and faster CPUs.  Then bring out a CPU like this, but put a couple of dozen of these cores on it instead of two.  Then watch what happens

Jim

[combatking0]

Since Apple have recently started using Intel based hardware, would such a device, in a Mac, have an Apple Core?

It would be great to see these multi-core processors in action - with the right programming.