Intel (Nasdaq:I NTC) exhibited on Wednesday, the Centrino Atom family of low-power processors for mobile internet devices (MIDs)

A new class of inexpensive, simple Internet-centric computers named as “Netbooks” has been also announced that will be available in market later this year.

However, they will concentrate on Atom family whose technology forms a new single chip: the Intel system controller Hub that empowers PC-like qualities with composite graphics and a wireless radio.

Technical specification

The Atom processor has been designed for small devices with low power consumption and based on a new micro-architecture design with Intel core 2 Duo instruction set, and controls multiple threads for better performance and increased system response
In Intel developers’ conference in Shanghai, China, Intel revealed five new Atom processors. These Intel’s smallest processors are the fastest chips of today’s world with low power consumption as 3 watts. Their thermal design power (TDP) specification reaches the limit of 2.5 watts which is less than one-tenth the 35 watts TDP of the current mobile Core 2 Duo processors.

Many major processor design power management techniques like Intel Deep Power down technology, CMOS mode, and Split I/O power supply are behind that low power consumption.

Side by side Processing:

The new family supports hyper-threading technology, which lets the processor execute two instruction threads in parallel. Due to hyper-threading technology the processor can perform two instruction threads equally.

It has a smart cache, with a more efficient cache and bus design that enables more efficient data sharing; a power optimized front side bus rated at 533 MHz, with macro-ops fusion for faster execution of instructions at lower power. There is an enhanced data prefetcher which loads data likely to be requested by the processor into the level 2 cache.

The family supports Intel virtualization technology, a set of hardware enhancements that let users run dual operating systems and applications in independent partitions.\
The new family helps Intel virtualization technology, a set of hardware enhancements that allow users run dual operating systems and applications in independent partions.

The new family’s friends:

The new family will support Web technologies, Wireless connectivity options like WiFi,Wi Max, Linux and astonishingly Windows XP and Windows Vista as well.

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