Dual-core Atoms mass production starts in July 29.5.08
Fudzilla - Dual-core Atoms mass production starts in July: "Intel will start with mass producing its dual core Atom processors in the second week of July.
The first dual-core Atom will run at 1.6GHz and support a feature, similar to Hyper-Threading, that allows for up to two instructions per clock in some scenarios. While single core Atom CPU and chipset TDP adds up to 12W, for dual cores that number will be 16W.
As Dual core Atom has 8W TDP this means that 945 chipset has 8W TDP which is quite a lot considering that this is a low power platform. SIS chipset for Atom CPU dissipates just a fraction of that power.
Since the CPUs are pin to pin compatible, a simple BIOS update will let you swap your single core CPU for a dual-core one. Still, there are some concerns that this might affect the sales; after all, why stay single, when you can go dual."
posted by Maxi @ 8:01 PM,
