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Intel has moved away from the Centrino Atom brand, opting to go with the Intel Atom moniker alone. Centrino Atom could cause customer confusion, as customers search for a relation between Centrino Atom and Centrino laptops.Read More...

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.

Intel has announced it will follow the current Atom 230 with a dual-core, HyperThreading-enabled Atom 330. The new processor should drop in September, and is expected to run at the same 1.6GHz clockspeed while offering a few additional platform features as well.Read More...

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...

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...

Intel is announcing the brand names for its ultra low power x86 Silverthorne based processors and platforms. Read on for the specifics.

The new Intel Atom processors are rather amazing pieces of technology. These diminutive processors pack a whole lot of punch. They have the performance equivalent to that of the Intel Pentium M, for a fraction of the power consumption. With a TDP of only 0.6W to 4W, the Atom processors are ideal for Mobile Internet Devices and Ultra Mobile PCs as the lower power consumption means the devices can deliver longer battery lives. These may not be mainstream mobile processors, but they will certainly have a significant impact on the design of such mobile devices.

At the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai today, Intel formally launched its ultramobile Atom processor family intended for UMPCs and mobile Internet devices. Its appearance is another sign of Intel's intentions to crack the smartphone market.Read More...

A Chinese firm called Galaxy is launching a full-sized ATX motherboard with an Atom processor, featuring expandability much superior to Intel's solution. Will Intel allow this to launch in North America, and how much will this cannibalize Celeron if it does?Read More...