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Intel Prepares 15nm Atom Processors
Rhys - September 17th, 2010 12:17 PM
Intel has announced at the Developer Forum that the Intel Atom processor will be going on a diet to become a 15nm process size.
The Intel Atom chip was initially designed for netbooks in the 45nm process size as the N-Series. After the success of the first chip, Intel released the D-series, Z-series and CE-series product lines for use in Nettops, Handhelds and Consumer Electronics respectively.
Shortly after, Intel moved the chips to use the 32nm process. This added another product-line to the Atom series, the E-series, specifically designed for embedded computer systems.
The new roadmap, unveiled by Intel, suggests that all five of the Atom series’ product lines will be making a move to the 22nm process and then 15nm eventually. Unfortunately Intel hasn’t given any clues on the timescale of such a development, all we know is 15nm will follow 22nm, which is a fairly sensible move.
Reducing the process size of a CPU helps to reduce power consumption whilst also increasing speeds. One of the very factors which has helped the Intel Atom chip to become so very popular in portable and low-powered computer systems.
