The Atom330 is intended for nettop systems not netbooks; and is paired with the much hotter desktop version of the 945 chipset. It's 10W TDP is as high as core2 based ULV chips which have higher performance; which is why it hasn't shown up in any netbooks.
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The Atom330 is intended for nettop systems not netbooks; and is paired with the much hotter desktop version of the 945 chipset. It's 10W TDP is as high as core2 based ULV chips which have higher performance; which is why it hasn't shown up in any netbooks.