A low-price processor for low-price laptops

In the immediate future, OEMs will mainly look to Atom's cheap price and largely stripped down performance with a single "in-order" pipeline that dates back to the original Pentium chip for inexpensive and lightweight laptops. Intel would not disclose pricing, but the OEM price of $45 for the Intel Atom Z500 certainly makes it a good fit for portable devices. (The Z-Series processors are intended for handheld use, but are architecturally identical to the N-Series chips for laptop use.)

Is Intel's Atomic project more about low-cost than high-power portability

Intel launched its low-power Atom processor at Computex earlier this week, but the device's true raison d'être is a source of confusion for many.

As the Atom begins to show up in low-cost budget laptops introduced at Computex this week, numerous press reports and blog posts continue to peg the device as Intel's ticket into the mobile phone market.

Mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset Family

The mobile Intel 4 Express chipset is the skeleton of the Centrino 2 technology. It is pack with new features and upgrades, which uses less power to provide a longer battery life while optimizing the performance. There are many new features in the mobile Intel 4 Series Express Chipset but the most exciting features are the full support for DDR3 memory, Blu-ray playback, and Hybrid Graphics.

WiFi Link 5100/5300

Centrino 2 wireless network incorporate IEEE 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N protocol, which was a major player component in the previous mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset. The Draft-N speed has been bump up as well as the antenna range, which support MIMO technology to reduce dead zone and cover a wider range. There are two versions of this wireless card, codenamed Shiloh. The WiFi Link 5100, with two antennas for reception and one for transmission, has a top speed on paper of 300Mbps, while the WiFi Link 5300, with a three antennas will theoretically peak at 450Mbps in both directions. However, the actual speeds achievable will fall short for various reasons. It comes in two flavors, PCIe Mini Card or Half Mini Card.

Intel Centrino 2

Intel Centrino technology is involving with greater expectation and promising technology, bringing new standards to the notebook computing. Centrino 2, code named "Montevina", is the fifth generation in the Centrino family with many rich features to boost processing performance, multi-tasking (50% more), photo editing, video editing, HD and Blue-ray playback, longer battery life, WiFi connectivity, more mobility with increase performance in all area, and many more.

Intel Centrino 2

Intel Centrino technology is involving with greater expectation and promising technology, bringing new standards to the notebook computing. Centrino 2, code named "Montevina", is the fifth generation in the Centrino family with many rich features to boost processing performance, multi-tasking (50% more), photo editing, video editing, HD and Blue-ray playback, longer battery life, WiFi connectivity, more mobility with increase performance in all area, and many more.

Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800

The Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800 is one of Intel's new generation of quad core processors that is energy efficient and powerful. The QX6800 codenamed "Kentsfield XE", features two 4 MB of L2 cache which gives a total of 8 MB of L2 cache, a core clock speed of 2.93 GHz, and a front side bus of 1066MHz. The CPU is manufactured on a 65nm die and contains 4 processor cores. Designed to deliver a high power efficiency, it has a Thermal Design Power of 130W. For the full report, refer to Intel Core 2 Extreme.