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   #17. Posted at 05:59 AM on Sep 9th 2008 Edit   Reply
Nomgle
Erm, DualCore Atoms have been available for a few weeks now - one comes soldered onto the Intel D945GCLF2 board for example :
http://download.intel.com/pressroom/kits/events/idffall_2008/LF2_fa...
They're available to buy right now if you want one : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350096602372
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   #16. Posted at 05:48 AM on Sep 9th 2008 Edit   Reply
oD1Nz
This is hardly new news, see my post over on Hardforum: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1309823&page=2.

The D945GCLF2, with a dual core Intel Atom, has been available for almost 2 weeks.
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   #15. Posted at 01:47 AM on Sep 9th 2008 Edit   Reply
mac_h8r1
2 Atoms merged together? Maybe they're trying to beat AMD to the punch and will name it Fusion!
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   #1. Posted at 09:48 AM on Sep 8th 2008 Edit   Reply
Spotpuff
Does this make any sense? The whole purpose of atom is for low cost/power computing. Doubling the number of dies and almost doubling power consumption seems counterproductive for the tasks Atom will be tasked with.
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#1, The point of Atom is to continue to continually put a more p...  :  StashTheVampede  (#2)  «
#2, So this is going to have the same power envelope as a sin...  :  Spotpuff  (#10)  «
#10, That will be a continual goal for the Atom, yes. Remem...  :  StashTheVampede  (#13)  «
#1, Intel are pushing for people to write parallel code in their...  :  Hattig  (#6)  «
#1, Considering the power consumption of the chipset Atom is cur...  :  UberGerbil  (#7)  «
#7, Is the slowness of atom-based systems atm because of the ...  :  Spotpuff  (#11)  «
#11, My Aspire One has 1GB of RAM and a more conventional H...  :  ludi  (#14)  «

   #8. Posted at 11:38 AM on Sep 8th 2008 Edit   Reply
adisor19
This can only make sense in the short term as indeed the power evellope will double. Intel will prolly spin a new Atom chip with a true dual core design.

Adi
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#8, The power envelope of the atom itself is disproportionately ...  :  Chrispy_  (#12)  «

   #3. Posted at 09:53 AM on Sep 8th 2008 Edit   Reply
Xenolith
They will introduce a more power efficient chipset to go along with the next gen atoms. The power savings from the new chipset will more than offset the additional power of another core.
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#3, Yes, the next gen Atoms (Pineview/Lincroft) will get DMI (an...  :  UberGerbil  (#9)  «

   #5. Posted at 10:15 AM on Sep 8th 2008, Edited at 10:18 AM on Sep 8th 2008 Edit   Reply
fellix
I would rather prefer a single-die solution with shared L2 cache, just like Core design. Probably that way it can be more efficient in power management and overall performance per thread.

By the way, what happens when two atoms come together -- a molecule. :D
Sounds like a goofy name for the new Atom. ;)
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   #4. Posted at 10:08 AM on Sep 8th 2008, Edited at 10:11 AM on Sep 8th 2008 Edit   Reply
apaige
Gotta love the Tranquil PC page that doesn't show anything but a background image with javascript disabled... What were they thinking?
Nevermind, network failure. Please delete.
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