AMD may be planning its own CPU to compete with Nano, Atom

A recently surfaced diagram may provide evidence that AMD will soon hop on the netbook bandwagon—or it could be the work of a Photoshopper with some time on his hands. Ars investigates. Read More...

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AMD revving up Atom competitor, but details remain foggy Created 19 weeks 1 day ago

AMD may be arrive at the netbook/nettop party a bit late, but the company is definitely planning an appearance. According to CEO Dirk Meyer, AMD is readying its own low-power chips to compete directly against the Atom.Read More...

Low-end grudge match: Nano vs. Atom Created 17 weeks 6 days ago

Readers have been curious about VIA's Nano since the company debuted the architecture back in January, but performance information has been scarce. VIA is finally sampling Nano for performance testing, so how does the chip compare against the Intel Atom?Read More...

The week in hardware: Atom gaming, Nano shipping, updated system guides Created 8 weeks 2 days ago

Another week, another set of hardware announcements, including new storage advancements and news on both Nano and Atom. Goodies await.Read More...

Intel ATOM 230 versus VIA Nano L2100 - Battle of the Mini-ITX Platforms Created 17 weeks 2 days ago

The Intel Atom and VIA Nano processors have been making a ton of noise in the market place as they are inexpensive, energy efficient and fit into sleek and sexy devices that consumers are looking for today. Armed with the VIA Nano processor and the Intel Atom processor, I can now do a direct performance comparison against two of the most talked about processors for 2008.

Details leak on AMD's purported Atom competitor Created 11 weeks 4 days ago

Ever since Intel launched Atom and VIA followed with Nano, there's been the question of how AMD would respond, if it responded at all. New information indicates we may find out in the near future, and AMD's response could be surprisingly strong.Read More...

Centaur Technologies Tour - Making The Via Nano CPU Created 26 weeks 2 hours ago

Last week VIA Technologies announced the new VIA Nano processor family based on the VIA Isaiah Architecture. Legit Reviews was visiting Centaur Technology, the company behind the VIA Nano. The crew over at Centaur gave us a tour and showed us how they make low-cost x86 compatible microprocessors. We also talk about the VIA Nano and show off some benchmark numbers. The Intel Atom better watch out!

Atom everywhere: Intel's MID, netbook, and nettop strategy Created 25 weeks 6 days ago

Intel announced new details on its push into the mini-notebook market at Computex today. The company has split the market into distinct segments, and plans to market Atom-based solutions, with accompanying solid-state hard drives, into all of them. Read More...

Limited Atom supply shows strong netbook demand Created 13 weeks 23 hours ago

Intel snaps up Linux mobile developer Opened Hand, but continued validation bottlenecks are constraining the company's ability to sell Atom processors. Relief could still be a year away, and that gives competitors a (tiny) window of opportunity.Read More...

Intel thrilled with Atom sales in a very tight market Created 15 weeks 5 days ago

Intel's CFO speaks up claiming that the company is pleased with Atom sales so far this year and confident that the CPU will continue to drive market growth. Longer term, Intel plans to put Atom in device categories that don't even exist yet, but sales have exceeded expectations, even in the netbook market.Read More...

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