Smallest Intel’s Atom processor

Written by IT News on 5:33 PM

Chip manufacturer Intel will soon introduce one of its most important products on the market processors since the first publication of its Pentium series. His super-efficient nuclear power chip will be a new and increasingly growing segment of the IT industry, targeted at emerging markets. According to Market
Analysts, a manufacturer of chips could easily ship hundreds of millions of units within two years time frame.

The new processor can shovels fate in the company accounts, and, reportedly, Intel is preparing to reduce production costs as much as possible. Ex-Silverthorne chip has cost advantage over all its existing and future competitors. According to the company's employees, the cost of producing a chip can be compared with those of 286 processors.

The low cost of production will allow producers to sell Atom cheaper processors, and to create a south-$ 200 market for the coming Mobile Internet devices (MIDs), and Internet-based NetTop computers.

Currently, there is no estimated price for Intel's Atom CPU and chip manufacturer will not disclose any information concerning this aspect until the chip is officially introduced. Nevertheless, the latest estimates claim that it will hit the market at prices ranging from $ 29 and $ 49, depending on the chip in the SKU.

Sources quoted by tech site TGDaily argue that Intel will spend from $ 2 and $ 6 for the production of single chip Atom. According to the same sources, the total production cost for the processor and chipset Poulsbo will be within the $ 6 to $ 8, packaging and shipping included. If these allegations are true, Intel will receive about $ 40 in revenue chip sold. Multiply the number in the "hundreds of millions" of units shipped, and you get the picture.

Moreover, if Atom processor becomes the next industry standard for the upcoming mobile Internet devices and NetTops, chip can bring more money than even the best-seller core Core 2 Duo processors.