Intel began shipping its Atom Processor 330 Friday. The chip is the latest addition to the Atom product line and has been specifically designed to run on so-called nettops — desktop computers built primarily in order to surf the Web, send e-mail and perform basic Internet tasks, the company said. “Intel always intended these for netbooks/nettop computers as well as what Intel calls ‘MIDs,’ — mobile Internet devices — which are smaller, handheld devices,” Tom Halfhill, an analyst at In-Stat and senior editor of “Microprocessor Report,” told TechNewsWorld.
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Intel Ships Power-Sipping Chips for Desktops
Posted by: Walaika Haskins September 22, 2008 01:49 PMIntel began shipping its Atom Processor 330 Friday. The chip is the latest addition to the Atom product line and has been specifically designed to run on so-called nettops — desktop computers built primarily in order to surf the Web, send e-mail and perform basic Internet tasks, the company said. “Intel always intended these for netbooks/nettop computers as well as what Intel calls ‘MIDs,’ — mobile Internet devices — which are smaller, handheld devices,” Tom Halfhill, an analyst at In-Stat and senior editor of “Microprocessor Report,” told TechNewsWorld.