Computex is here with a lot of news. Most of them are about official releases of already known products, such as the MSI Wind or the Asus Eee PC with Intel Atom processors or 10″ screen. Now being officially released, some confidential data about this products can finally be published: like the Intel Atom benchmarks. There is a pretty good review at AnandTech, as part of a review of the Asus Eee Box.
Performance is not impressive, but it’s enough for basic tasks under Linux, Windows XP and other lightweight (for current standards) operating systems (the article warns about the slow user interface under Windows Vista). But its low power usage IS impressive: the Eee Box takes 19 W under full load. This processor holds a great potential, and Intel has announced its first motherboard (a mini-ITX) for Atom processors.
AMD is having hard times to compete with Intel in terms of energy efficiency, but ultraporables sporting AMD Turion64 x2 processors have been announced: battery life is 2,5 h but performance is much better than Atom’s. Having alternatives is important.
Update: Tom’s Hardware publishes a review of the Intel Atom, too.
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Tags: AMD, Asus, asus eee pc, Intel, Intel Atom
