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Next generation Atom processors for netbooks scheduled for Q3, 2009

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/handhelds/" rel="tag">Handhelds</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/laptops/" rel="tag">Laptops</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://74.125.93.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=ja|en&u=http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2008/0904/kaigai464.htm&usg=ALkJrhiS36KNJlakjRxFwjrX5qsP7KbLSw"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2008/09/atom-roadmap.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> Just as you were getting your head wrapped around Atom-branded <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/diamondville">Diamondville</a>-class processors based on a <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/Silverthorn/">Silverthorne</a> architecture, along comes the next generation. Expected to arrive in Q3 of 2009, the new 45-nm Pineview processors will come in hyperthreaded single- and dual-core versions like the current generation Atom 2xx- and 3xx-series. However, the procs will be based on a new Lincroft micro-architecture boasting an integrated graphics core and memory manager that connects to memory via DMI, not a FSB. Unfortunately, the all important TDP power-draw off your tiny netbook's battery in currently undefined. Hit the read link for the full roadmap and processor timeline if that's the kind of thing that twirls your propellor.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/09/05/intel_pineview_debut_roadmap/">RegHardware</a>]<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://74.125.93.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=ja|en&u=http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2008/0904/kaigai464.htm&usg=ALkJrhiS36KNJlakjRxFwjrX5qsP7KbLSw>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/next-generation-atom-processors-for-netbooks-scheduled-for-q3-2/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1305357/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/next-generation-atom-processors-for-netbooks-scheduled-for-q3-2/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadget?a=5je9wd"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadget?i=5je9wd" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadget?a=y34Ol"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadget?i=y34Ol" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadget?a=BZA0l"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadget?i=BZA0l" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~4/384111380" height="1" width="1"/>

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