Intel Unveils Plans To Revamp The Atom CPU Lineup

Major CPU chipmaker Intel has ambitious plans to upgrade its lineup of Atom CPUs, a product that is commonly used in netbooks and all in One PCs. The Atom CPU was launched by Intel in 2008. The major computer makers have started revamping their netbook ranges to equip them with the newer editions of Atom CPUs. The much awaited CES will showcase some of the models with the new Atom CPU in January 2010.

Netbooks have become extremely popular among the users who want to perform basic computing and web browsing on the move. The net-books are way lighter than conventional laptops and they offer better battery life as well. However, they simply cannot match the performance of desktop or laptop PCs owing to the underpowered CPUs that they are equipped with. Existing models of Atom CPU are not capable of running graphic intensive applications and games and this has been a grudge among netbook users from the beginning. Intel Has decided to address this issue.

The new line up of Atom CPUs has been codenamed by Intel as ‘Pine Trail’. In a recent interview, the Executive vice president of Intel said that the new chip will offer better performance both on battery and performance fronts. Dell and HP have plans to release their upcoming net-books with Pine Trail CPU in the first half of 2010. The new chip is likely to have GPU and CPU on its core. According to the latest industry buzz, the entry level Pine Trail Atom CPU will run at a stock speed of 1.66 GHz.

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