Intel on Monday launched its next-generation Atom netbook processor, saying it will bring longer battery life and improved system performance to low-cost laptops. The single-core Atom N450 chip is 60 ...

We’ve been hearing rumors about a tiny little shakeup on the horizon for Intel’s Atom line of chips. Basically, the Atom N450 and N470 processors that power netbooks today will be phased out and ...

Intel this morning officially announced the next generation of its popular Atom CPUs for Netbooks, the Atom N450, weeks before the upcoming CES trade show. Dan Ackerman leads CNET's coverage of ...

Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an ...

The popular Intel Atom microprocessors made for netbooks, or mini-laptops, costs 52 percent more per chip than the desktop version of the same processor. The popular Intel Atom microprocessors made ...

Intel announced today it has designed a faster and more power-efficient version of its Atom microprocessor, which in the past year has revolutionized computing in the netbook market. The netbook ...

Planned SKU clocked at 1.50GHz We have received word that dual-core Atom processors for netbook systems are currently on Intel's plan table and that we may see a launch later… Planned SKU clocked at 1 ...

Intel offers a series of single and dual core Atom processors — but so far the dual core chips have all been designed for nettops and other low power desktop computers. Sure, a few companies (we’re ...

Have you noticed Atom-based laptops seem to be getting nicer? The latest models sport bigger screens, more RAM, and slimmer and lighter designs than anything that’s come before. They are also using ...

Intel is updating its Classmate PC netbook models, adding new processors and shrinking the devices to make them sleeker and easier to carry. The chip maker’s Convertible Classmate design, which ...

After initial success, Intel’s netbook strategy is at a crossroads as demand for tablets and low-cost laptops with larger screens rises, a company executive said this week. Buyers don’t want the ...