Intel Atom N470 1.83GHz CPU coming to netbooks early next year
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted September 8th 2009 5:57PM
posted September 8th 2009 5:57PM
We know how relieved you were when you found out that rumors of Pineview's delay were greatly exaggerated. But have you heard this one? In addition to the N450 1.66GHz system-on-a-chip due to hit the streets in early 2010, Intel is said to be releasing the N470, which will run along at a cool 1.83GHz and sport a 667MHz FSB, hyperthreading support, and a TDP of 6.5 watts (which, considering you won't need a separate graphics controller, is none too shabby). It really makes the whole concept of microprocessor without its own graphics seem a little 2009, doesn't it? Not a bad deal all around -- provided this thing comes in at a decent price point it's sure to put a smile on the face of netbook manufacturers and consumers alike. But NVIDIA? Not so much.
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Agreed Lionheart. One interesting aspect to the new Nokia netbook is that it appears to allocate something like half of the volume of the lower half to a battery, so that rather than having a six or 9 cell battery stick out the back of a netbook, you might be able to design one that is integrated within the body of the netbook. A smaller motherboard design with a simpler layout and fewer layers would also be cheaper to manufacture.
Obviously we'll have to wait for real battery life benchmarks to see what kind of improvements we're talking about, but given that the power draw of something like an ASUS 1005HA varies from about 8W at idle (for the whole netbook) to maybe 16W, a potential 5W savings (yeah, I know TDP is "max" not real usage) is nothing to sneeze at. Could be responsible for a substantial difference in battery life between two systems, everything included--LCD, disk, everything.
This should play 1080p with no problem. I've seen a Vaio P playing ripped Blu-Ray movies without a hiccup.
And that's just a crappy 1.33GHz, this GPU should be faster and the CPU obviously aswell.
Atom doesn't need more "power", it needs to use LESS power.
Of course, the Blu Ray movies were encoded at QVGA... but that's besides the point!
What 480p Blu-Ray title was that. There is not a VAIO P in existence that can play 1080p video, even if it's an uncompressed AVI.
I agree. Some computers out now running on 2.0 Ghz can kick total ass. I have a computer running on 2.1 Ghz and it runs better than my friends 2.6 Ghz.
So why would we go and say that Intel needs to step up it's game? It's not easy advancing netbook processors to make them live up your PERFECT processor dreams....
Some people need to be damn-well grateful for the product's advancement and not try to criticize it at every turn....
Whoops, you are right. The movie was encoded in 1080p H.264 but with 24 Mbps bitrate instead of 40-48 Mbps...
My bad. :|
Nick
Video on youtube please.
If the GPU is slightly-maybe decent (at least better than the radio transistor that is the GMA450), then I might see if I can replace it in my EEEPC 1000HE. Then I can (SHOCK) play Portal at more than 15FPS!
After Intel secured his netbook CPU market by Atom, it had little improvement on atom. Intel need someone else to kick its ass to go faster.
Is it worth waiting for this processor to come out or should I just get the Asus 1005ha. Will there be a significant boost over the N280? As for the GPU, how will capability compare to the Asus netbook? In other words, is it worth the wait for this upgrade, or is it not significant over current leading netbooks?