On Sep 27, 2011, Intel has finallystarted shipping its low power Atom chips. The Atom chips have beenspecifically built on a platform code widely renowned as Cedar Trail.The new Cedar Trail is composed of the various improvements, whichare specifically added to boost the graphics as well as applicationperformances over its forerunners.

According to an Intel spokeswoman, thetwo new Atom chips by Intel Corp. are specifically designed to beused in entry-level desktops and all-in-one personal computers. Thisis utilized while surfing the web as well as for basic multimedia andproductivity applications. According to the announcement, this brandnew dual core Atom chips runs at a high speed of 2.13GHz and arecapable of playing the Blu-ray movies.

According to sources, the newly builtCedar Trail chips has thrived the older generation Atom processors,which were developed on the platform code named Pine Trail. The PineTrail was widely condemned of its poor video performance. Adding tothe information, the spokeswoman said that the Netbooks with the newAtom chips will ship as soon as the fourth quarter. Besides, suchNetbooks which were based on Cedar Trail chips were exhibited in theIntel Developer Forum for the month of September.

Background
With the increasing popularity oftablets, the shipment of Netbook has been widely affected. However,Intel is trying its level best to offer low cost computing options inthe form of Atom chips available for low cost PC’s. Intel is alsotrying to promote the ultrabooks which can be easily understood asthe thin and light laptops with features similar to tablets.Interestingly, while the netbook and desktop are specifically builtfor basic computing, ultrabooks which are blessed with numerousfeatures are based on the Core processor of Intel. Presently,ultrabooks are priced for $1,000; however, the prices are likely todrop in a few days.

The clock speed of Atom D2700 processoris 2.13GHz. This is priced at $52 and is likely to run at two threadsper core. On the other hand the D2500 processor is known to operateat 1.86GHz. The price of this version is likely to be $42 and has thecapacity to run one thread per core. Besides, the chips are known tohave 1MB of cache and support HDMI (high-definition multimediainterface) and DisplayPort interfaces while supporting 4GB of memory.The new chips are composed of32-nanometer process while its predecessors are made using the 45-nmprocess.