3-29-2011 news by intel

It shouldn't take long until the first tablets and netbooks based on the new Intel Atom Z670 will be manufactured.

Fujitsu and ECS have announced pads busing the Intel Atom Z670 chip, the Fujitsu STYLISTIC Q550 and the ECS ElitePad V07-I, also Samsung and MSI will release Oak Trail-equipped tablet PCs. Samsung's PC 7 Series should be available soom for $699. The MSI WindPad 100W is expected to be launched next month.

There's no information on the Z670 from Intel yet, from non-official sources it is said that the processor has only one CPU core and is clocked at 1.5 GHz, has a TDP of app. 3-5 watts and it includes HyperThreading. This Oak Trail platform is meant for very low-power devices. The CPU core has 512 KB L2 cache, like other Atom microprocessors, the lithography will be 45nm.

Intel Atom processor Prices Mar'11 (03/13) Mar'11 (03/27)

• D410 (512K cache, 1 Cores, 2 Threads, 1.66 GHz, FSB 45nm) $43
• D425 (512K cache, 1 Cores, 2 Threads, 1.80 GHz, FSB 45nm) $42
• D510 (1M cache, 2 Cores, 4 Threads, 1.66 GHz, FSB 45nm) $63
• D525 (1M cache, 2 Cores, 4 Threads, 1.80 GHz, FSB 45nm) $63
• N450 (512k cache, 1 Core, 2 Threads, 1.66 GHz, 45nm) $64
• N455 (512k cache, 1 Core, 2 Threads, 1.66 GHz, 45nm) $64
• N470 (512k cache, 1 Core, 2 Threads, 1.83 GHz, 45nm) $75
• N475 (512k cache, 1 Core, 2 Threads, 1.83 GHz, 45nm) $75
• N550 (1M cache, 2 Core, 4 Threads, 1.50 GHz, 45nm) $86
• N570 (1M cache, 2 Core, 4 Threads, 1.66 GHz, 45nm) $86
• Z670 (512K cache, 1 Core, 2 Threads, 1.50 GHz, 45nm) $75