#8,
Let me clarify: a fast enough (VIA EPIA like speeds or better) CPU with dual-core "smoothness" and some multimedia capabilities in a 20 W (whole system) fanless package is something to drool about. Pricing could be the icing on the cake.
Obviously, the ones trying to install an 8800 GT to play the lastest eye-candy game are getting it wrong.

I think people are getting a little carried away in imagining what these CPUs will be capable of....

I want to see these in desktop trim gaming with an Unreal 3 based game. I would love to see how well the hyper threading does in a multi-threaded environment.

I think I'll hold out for this...I would love to build a fanless 24/7 system that is dual core.

Maybe I'll benchmark and compare it with the existing EPIA Mini-ITX mobo I have? :)

By the way...Intel's Little Valley series (Mini-ITX solution) is getting replaced.

There will be two Mini-ITX mobos coming from Intel.

Little Falls = Single Core Atom, 1.87GHz, 7.5W TDP, initial release.
Little Falls 2 = Dual Core Atom, 1.87GHz, 12W TDP, comes in Q3.

Both will use the 945GC chipset and will have a PCI slot.

That's according to this.
http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6...

Ah, these must be the 8W TDP Atoms that DailyTech talked about a week or so ago.

However there is a worry that if these are 8W, then the other fact is that the 2.5W Atom has SMT disabled. Because I'm sure the DT article mentioned 4W Atoms with SMT at the ~1.8GHz speed.

i gotta say, i love the low-power chips.