Sunnyvale, California-based Advanced Micro Devices, recently announced the immediate availability of two new processors designed for the embedded systems, namely the Sempron 210U and 200U. According to the chip maker, the new processors have been provided with a lidless BGA packaging, featuring the low-power and high-performance capabilities that are provided by the company's Direct Connect Architecture.
“These new lidless BGA packaged processors can help customers significantly shrink their embedded design into new smaller, flatter form factors without having to sacrifice any computing performance,” said Buddy Broeker, director, Embedded Product Marketing, AMD. “Retail touch screens, self-service kiosks and digital signage are a growing part of the consumer experience and thin client computing continues to play a strong role in helping businesses become more efficient. These new processor features will help our customers stay on the cutting edge of embedded system design.”
In addition to the new AMD processors for the embedded market, the company also announced that customers could take advantage of the full performance potential of the new Semprons, with the help of the AMD M690E chipset. According to AMD, pairing the two solutions, processors and chipset, will provide for a complete and robust embedded platform that has the potential of boosting performance, while providing the increasingly necessary graphics and display options required by embedded systems.
“Whether it’s clients for cloud computing, virtual desktops, or as a green replacement for a PC, customers turn to Wyse for powerful client solutions that deliver the rich sound and graphics common with today’s applications,” said Curt Schwebke, CTO for Wyse Technology. “The new AMD Sempron 210U processors enable us to deliver high performance in a very low power thermal range, and with the BGA package, we are able to offer increasingly compact designs.”
The chip maker said that embedded systems based on its latest Sempron 210U and 200U processors were available from iBASE, aValue, EVOC, Gigabyte, and Inventec.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
INTEL Atom Update Coming Q3
Anyone still holding off a netbook purchase waiting for the Goldilocks system, to coin a phrase, to come along might want to hold off a little longer. We all knew Intel is going to update its Atom line-up at some point, but thanks to DigiTimes' digging at notebook manufacturers, we know that when is a slightly more specific sometime in Q2 or Q3 this year.
Expectedly the Atom N280, as the current N270s successor is to be called, brings improvements with it, both to the CPU itself and, arguably more importantly, the platform in which it resides. Most obvious among the changes is the move from a 533MHz to a 667MHz front-side bus and, as a result, a slight change from a 1.6GHZ to a 1.66GHz clock speed.
Of more significance is the move from the currently used 945GSE chipset to one called the GN40. Intel doesn't seem to be sharing information about this new chipset yet and DigiTimes apparently haven't
Pricing is a bit increased for the N280 at $60-65 (~£41-45) versus $46 (~£32) for the N270. Per CPU, in 1,000 unit trays as ever, of course. If the GN40 chipset can bring the much needed improvements over its archaic predecessor, though, that premium will almost certainly be worthwhile.
Acer, Asus and Gigabyte are apparently signed up to dish out N280 and GN40-fitted netbooks already, so it's just a matter of time, now.
Expectedly the Atom N280, as the current N270s successor is to be called, brings improvements with it, both to the CPU itself and, arguably more importantly, the platform in which it resides. Most obvious among the changes is the move from a 533MHz to a 667MHz front-side bus and, as a result, a slight change from a 1.6GHZ to a 1.66GHz clock speed.
Of more significance is the move from the currently used 945GSE chipset to one called the GN40. Intel doesn't seem to be sharing information about this new chipset yet and DigiTimes apparently haven't
Pricing is a bit increased for the N280 at $60-65 (~£41-45) versus $46 (~£32) for the N270. Per CPU, in 1,000 unit trays as ever, of course. If the GN40 chipset can bring the much needed improvements over its archaic predecessor, though, that premium will almost certainly be worthwhile.
Acer, Asus and Gigabyte are apparently signed up to dish out N280 and GN40-fitted netbooks already, so it's just a matter of time, now.
Intel Readying Next Generation of Atom Chipsets
Just when you thought things were getting boring in the great Netbook (or whatever we are going to call them) race, comes a report from DigiTimes that Asus, GigaByte, and Acer are getting ready to unveil Netbooks with a new Atom processor from Intel. The N280 chip will replace the current N270 and also be running a newer graphics chipset the GN40. Apparently we’re looking at seeing products with the new chip in place somewhere between the end of Q2 and the beginning of Q3.
Apparently this was available to be gandered at during CES 2009 but we must have missed it. Maybe it was those booth babes distracting us.
Apparently this was available to be gandered at during CES 2009 but we must have missed it. Maybe it was those booth babes distracting us.
Atom N280 for mid-2009
The dark satanic rumour mill is predicting that from the second quarter of 2009 there should be shedloads of netbooks based around the Intel GN40 and Intel Atom N280 which can manage speeds from 1.66GHz.
At CES Asus was showing off its Netbook 10.2-inch Asus Eee PC 1004DN which was based around a previously unknown variant of the Intel Atom N280 unknown chipset Intel GN40. According to the Italian IT press Asus, Acer and Gigabyte Technology will produce a new Netbook-based chipset GN40 and Atom N280 processor. This includes the mysterious Asus Eee PC 1004DN.
The Intel Atom N280 will have a clock frequency of 1.66GHz with 667MHz FSB. The unit cost will be between $60 and $65. This is pricey in comparison to the $46 Intel Atom N270 will set you back.
But the reports point out that Intel's Pineview chip is due out around the release date of the new Netbook so it is possible to guess that what was being seen at CES was none other than a Pineview prototype.
At CES Asus was showing off its Netbook 10.2-inch Asus Eee PC 1004DN which was based around a previously unknown variant of the Intel Atom N280 unknown chipset Intel GN40. According to the Italian IT press Asus, Acer and Gigabyte Technology will produce a new Netbook-based chipset GN40 and Atom N280 processor. This includes the mysterious Asus Eee PC 1004DN.
The Intel Atom N280 will have a clock frequency of 1.66GHz with 667MHz FSB. The unit cost will be between $60 and $65. This is pricey in comparison to the $46 Intel Atom N270 will set you back.
But the reports point out that Intel's Pineview chip is due out around the release date of the new Netbook so it is possible to guess that what was being seen at CES was none other than a Pineview prototype.
Atom N280 leaked
INTEL IS PREPPING the next small step in netbook computing, according to a report at Dodgytimes.
The release of a tweaked Atom processor, dubbed the N280, will bring along a small speed upgrade, 1.66GHz, and a higher 667MHz FSB. The processor will remain single core but will gain a companion chipset to replace the rather inadequate 945GSE, the GN40. We'll go out on a limb and say it's a stripped-down G4x class chipset/graphics core capable of some 1080p video decode, because that's what Intel really needs.
Already the netbook makers in Taiwan have been confronted with the BOM for this part reporting the new platform will fetch a 30% price premium over the current generation of Atom processors, says Dodgy. A higher >10W TDP is to be expected, but then there's no such thing as a free lunch.
Launch date is said to be 1H09, which isn't too far away. That's likely to get pulled-in depending on how many design wins AMD and Nvidia score this quarter. Knowing the way Intel specs these things up, a 2GHz part is likely to follow close behind.
Intel looks like it's tackling two challenges at the same time: a slight performance bump to counter AMD's Neo and a semi-decent graphics part with HD decode to counter Nvidia's Ion, somewhat. It's been a one-horse race so far, you see.
Asus, Gigabyte and Acer seem to be the early adopters, although Gigabyte has been relatively netbook-shy until now. ยต
The release of a tweaked Atom processor, dubbed the N280, will bring along a small speed upgrade, 1.66GHz, and a higher 667MHz FSB. The processor will remain single core but will gain a companion chipset to replace the rather inadequate 945GSE, the GN40. We'll go out on a limb and say it's a stripped-down G4x class chipset/graphics core capable of some 1080p video decode, because that's what Intel really needs.
Already the netbook makers in Taiwan have been confronted with the BOM for this part reporting the new platform will fetch a 30% price premium over the current generation of Atom processors, says Dodgy. A higher >10W TDP is to be expected, but then there's no such thing as a free lunch.
Launch date is said to be 1H09, which isn't too far away. That's likely to get pulled-in depending on how many design wins AMD and Nvidia score this quarter. Knowing the way Intel specs these things up, a 2GHz part is likely to follow close behind.
Intel looks like it's tackling two challenges at the same time: a slight performance bump to counter AMD's Neo and a semi-decent graphics part with HD decode to counter Nvidia's Ion, somewhat. It's been a one-horse race so far, you see.
Asus, Gigabyte and Acer seem to be the early adopters, although Gigabyte has been relatively netbook-shy until now. ยต
Intel Atom N280 coming this year
Intel is expected to launch their new Intel Atom N280 processor sometime this year.
This would enable PC manufacturers to offer a slightly more powerful netbooks.
Intel currently offers Atom N270 processor which powers most of the current generation netbooks available in the market.
The new processor Atom N280 would use the GN40 chipset and would offer a core frequency of 1.66GHz with a front side bus running at 667MHz.
Market analysts believe that the company would not launch more powerful editions of Intel Atom in the near future to avoid competing with the existing processor models.
This would enable PC manufacturers to offer a slightly more powerful netbooks.
Intel currently offers Atom N270 processor which powers most of the current generation netbooks available in the market.
The new processor Atom N280 would use the GN40 chipset and would offer a core frequency of 1.66GHz with a front side bus running at 667MHz.
Market analysts believe that the company would not launch more powerful editions of Intel Atom in the near future to avoid competing with the existing processor models.
Intel Atom N280 with HD-capable GN40 chipset coming Q2/Q3 2009
Anybody who has been following the tech world for the past six months will know that netbooks have swarmed the market; as soon as I see the word, my fingers automatically start typing “Intel Atom N270?. Now it looks as though that will have to change: reports from notebook manufacturers suggest that the next-gen single-core Intel mobile processor, the Atom N280, will begin to appear in devices between Q2 and Q3 of this year.
Specifications between the N270 and the N280 are similar, with clock speed seeing only a minor boost from 1.6GHz in the current CPU to 1.66GHz in the new version. However the FSB also gets a boost, from 533MHz to 667MHz, and the accompanying chipset also gets updated, from the 945GSE to the GN40.
It’s perhaps the GN40 that marks the most significant change for the N280, bringing as it will improved graphics performance and HD playback. This seems to be a strike against NVIDIA’s upcoming Ion chipset, which boasted improved HD performance and even Blu-ray playback for netbooks. ASUS, Acer and Gigabyte are all expected to announce new netbooks using the Atom N280.
Specifications between the N270 and the N280 are similar, with clock speed seeing only a minor boost from 1.6GHz in the current CPU to 1.66GHz in the new version. However the FSB also gets a boost, from 533MHz to 667MHz, and the accompanying chipset also gets updated, from the 945GSE to the GN40.
It’s perhaps the GN40 that marks the most significant change for the N280, bringing as it will improved graphics performance and HD playback. This seems to be a strike against NVIDIA’s upcoming Ion chipset, which boasted improved HD performance and even Blu-ray playback for netbooks. ASUS, Acer and Gigabyte are all expected to announce new netbooks using the Atom N280.
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