Intel Atom N450 coming in October

Intel is saying goodbye to its Atom N270 processor and is planning to replace it with Atom N450 popularly known by its code name ” Pine View”.

N450 will be part of Intel’s “Pine Trail” platform architecture that has graphics chipset and memory controller on the same chipset along with the new NM10 chipset (TigerPoint), an idea that consumes less power. The N450 will be 64-bit capable and will feature a single core operating on Intel’s 45nm processing line at 1.6GHz. It offers better memory support from N270’s DDR2 533 to DDR2 667 and the graphics chip frequencies have been increased from 133MHz to 200MHz.

The N270 was among the best processors for netbooks usually 10-inches or smaller and was adopted by many manufacturers for a long time.

Atom N450 processor is expected to come in stores in October this year. Intel will issuing last order for N270 in Q1 2010.

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