Report: Atom 280 Netbooks Arrive in Q2/Q3

[JMcEntegart]

Reports emerge that we could see netbooks incorporating Intel’s Atom N280 processor around the second or third quarter, something netbook fans will no doubt be happy to hear.

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[Guest]

Sony P580 has a 1.3 GHZ Atom processor. I wonder if that is the same N280 processor.

 

[sammo505]

I wonder if the graphics chip will be better than the 950. I wanna play some CS at work.

 

[Guest]

This doesn't make sense. If you're a netbook fan, then you've probably already bought your netbook. You're not going to buy another, you already have one.

 

[Tekkamanraiden]

Hmm maybe they'll clear out the N270 out more inexpensively.

 

[Guest]

[citation][nom]biooson[/nom]Sony P580 has a 1.3 GHZ Atom processor. I wonder if that is the same N280 processor.[/citation]
no. that's probably the Silverthorne Atom, made for Ultra Mobile, and pocket sized Internet devices.

the 280 is the successor of the mini notebook Atom 230 processor,and is most likely supported by a better chipset.

I'd love to see benchmarks between Atom 230/280/330 and the via cpu powered Ion platform.

 

[87thrteam]

Hey ladies and gents, found some detailed info

Intel Atom N270 Pine Trail-M (N280)
CPU Intel Atom N270 Pineview-M
Chipset 945GSE+ICH7M Tiger Point-M
CPU + Chipset 3 Chips 2 Chips
Footprint 2174mm2 773mm2
PCB Layer 6 Layers 4/6 Layers
Clock 1.6GHz
Memory Speed DDR2-533 DDR2-667
IGP GMA950 GMA950
IPG Clock 133MHz 200MHz
Avg Power 2.5W 2.0W
TDP 8.0W 7.0W
Cooling Fan Fanless

Same crappy GMA950 with a bit higher clock.

Original Website http://www.hkepc.com/2278

 

[vider]

Laugh at it all you want, but I remember running F.E.A.R. back at the day, on a 945 chipset. It didn't look that good, but it didn't look that bad as well. So a 67 MHz improvement in speed is not that bad. It does support Pixel Shading 2.0 (Am I right??).