Prices of Intel Atom D510 and Atom D410 Nettop Processors declared – NetTops to get expensive

Prices of PineTrail nettop processors, the D510 and D410, have been declared. Atom 330′s successor, D510 is for sale for a price tag of $63 making it $20 costlier than the former. The single-core Atom 230 will be replaced by single-core Atom D41,which will sell for $43 ($14 more than the current Atom 230). Both of the new processors run at 1.66GHz clock speed. The only difference lies in their cache: 1MB on D510 and 512kb on D410.

This means that the future nettops, although will be beefier in terms of specs, but will also make you shell out more money.

Atom Z Processor to be MID only – Intel says Z-series not for netbooks

Now that’s shocking! Will this be the end of netbooks with Atom Z processors? Rumors says that now Intel won’t be accepting any more orders for Atom Z processors from netbook makers in coming time and may be by the end of this year (2009). They want to set a clear boundary between Atom N processors for netbooks and have the Z series specifically for the MID market. Since the Acer, ASUS and MSI have already placed their Z-series processors order to the Intel, they will still be getting their Atom Z processors.

One can wonder if this could affect netbooks and mini-notebooks that ship with Windows Vista or the ones with 11.6-inch display.

HP DV2 = Netbook Destroyer?

Contrary to the original concept of netbooks, which describe them as small and easy to carry around devices, the companies are now coming out with bigger and bigger netbooks everyday. We have already observed a slew of companies already coming out with 12-inch netbooks, which cost $600+.
Meet the HP DV2, a 12-inch sub notebook, which is almost the size of a typical 12-inch netbook. It just cost few dollars more and there are less tradeoffs in terms of speed and power as compared to full fledge notebook. The HP DV2 is often described as the cross between netbooks and notebooks. It has the features of notebook but comes at a price close to the netbook range. Its resolution is not netbook-ish (1280 x 800) and is equipped with an AMD processor instead of Atom processor, which is no match against the AMD.

It even comes with a built-in BLU ray disk. I’m yet to hear any netbook manufacture to come out with a BLU ray drive.

However, the DV2 suffers from poor battery life, even with the extended battery (3 hours). This is something modern netbooks excel in.

MSI U123, U123T and U123H netbooks launched

MSI U123 is the successor of now aging U100. The U123 comes with 2GB RAM and uses the N280 Intel Atom processor. The MSI has also launched MSI U123H, which is similar to the U123 except for the fact that it comes with built-in 3.5G. The U123T comes with a built-in TV tuner card, which will let you watch (and record) TV programs on your netbook.

However, it is not a huge upgrade. I was looking forward to higher resolution. 1024 x 600 is nice but 1280 x 800 is something I would have really appreciated.

One piece of information that the MSI is repeatedely mentioning in the news release is the massive capacity of U123, which is 160GB. What? We have been using the 160GB HDD in our netbooks from quite sometime. In fact, it is a standard feature in netbooks these days and there is no need to mention it 4 times in the news release.

Intel reveals new mobile processors for MIDs: Moorestone, Z550 and Z515

Intel Atom processor is now 1 year old. On its birthday, Intel has introduced two new processor for the MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices). The next generation ARM platform known as Moorestone consumes 10 times less power as compared to the earlier Atom platforms.

Moorestown is comprised of a system on chip (Lincroft) that integrates a 45nm Intel Atom processor core, graphics, video and memory controller, and a companion I/O hub (Langwell).

Intel also annouced two processors which are going to soon debut in the netbook scene: Z550 and Z515. We mentioned about both of them few weeks back. Z515 is meant for low-powered MIDs. It will come with Intel Burst Performance Technology (Intel BPT), which will make the processor run at 1.2GHz when needed.

The Z550 is the first Atom processor to officially reach the 2.0GHz barrier. The Z550 consumes the same amount of power as the 1.86GHz Atom processor.

Battle of Netbook processors: VIA Nano vs Intel Atom [Netbooks]

Kai Schmerer at ZDnet has done a thorough comparison of two of the most used processors in netbooks: VIA Nano and Intel Atom. Here are some of the highlights: Intel manufactures the Atom using a 45-nanometre (nm) feature size, while VIA still uses 65nm technology. For this reason, the VIA Nano uses more power than [...]

HP wants to use Intel Atom processors in the regular Notebooks. I say, “why not?”

HP is reportedly in negotiations with Intel to use the Intel Atom processor in the regular notebooks. Sadly, it would be difficult to do so as the Intel Atom was made to be run only on the netbooks and due to the restriction that they are allowed to be used only in the devices with [...]

Intel Atom powered OQO coming soon – The OQO model 2+

Looks like the CES is going to more goodies than I personally expected. GBM has received an email from the Digital Experience people, which says that at CES, the OQO is going to unveil an Intel Atom processor version of the OQO. It will also have 2GB RAM and an OLED display! Here is the [...]

A little peek of what is going to be there at CES at Intel’s Ultra Mobility group

The Uday from Intel’s Ultra Mobility group shows a wide array of devices that are running the very successful Intel’s Atom Processor, which is now 8 months old. Intel Atom processor proved to the world that power and good battery life can live together in a single device.