Intel’s Pine Trail Atom Platform Headed for 2009 Q4 Release
by Netbook Dad on June 17th, 2009
Intel is redesigning it’s current Netbook/Nettop Atom platform for a 4th quarter 2009 release. The new Intel Atom platform, codename Pine Trail, will integrate entire northbridge onto the CPU. By moving both the memory controller and Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) onto the CPU die, Intel will be able to increase performance, reduce power consumption, and reduce packaging.
Intel’s two chip headed netbook monster or the Pineview CPU and Tiger Point will also provide potential for fanless cooling and simpler 4-layer motherboard designs. It will also have nice little side benefit of making it difficult for companies like nVidia to sell integrated GPU solutions like ION, especially at a competitive cost.
Intel is scheduled to phase out its Atom N270 CPU by launching its successor – the Atom N450 – for netbooks in October at the earliest, according to industry sources.
Codenamed Pine Trail, Intel’s 45nm Atom N450 will be a single-core CPU with built-in northbridge functions, and will be paired with the new NM10 (Tiger Point) chipset.
Intel will issue last order notice for the Atom N270 in the first quarter of 2010 and the CPU will phase out before the end of the first half next year.
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Intel’s Pine Trail Atom Platform Headed for 2009 Q4 Release
Intel is redesigning it’s current Netbook/Nettop Atom platform for a 4th quarter 2009 release. The new Intel Atom platform, codename Pine Trail, will integrate entire northbridge onto the CPU. By moving both the memory controller and Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) onto the CPU die, Intel will be able to increase performance, reduce power consumption, and reduce packaging.
Intel’s two chip headed netbook monster or the Pineview CPU and Tiger Point will also provide potential for fanless cooling and simpler 4-layer motherboard designs. It will also have nice little side benefit of making it difficult for companies like nVidia to sell integrated GPU solutions like ION, especially at a competitive cost.
Digitimes is reporting that Pine Trail could arrive as early as October of 2009:
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