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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 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.

Intel unveiled the architectural details of its Silverthorne CPU at this year's ISSCC. Silverthorne has the potential to be Intel's most important microarchitecture since the first Centrino CPUs, find out Intel's plan for the future of CE devices.

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'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 revealed some more information on the Atom processor and its 2009/2010 successor, Moorestown.

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...

Intel plans to ramp up its Atom-brand of processors in the near future, with dual-core parts and a speed bump to 1.87GHz.Read More...

Today is a special day for Intel as it is the 5thanniversary for the Centrino mobile platform and they are celebrating it with the launch of the Centrino 2 platform (Montevina). WiFi. With Centrino 2, Intel is planning for the future with a platform that is able to adapt to what we need in today’s marketplace. Read on to see exactly what is being updated!