Intel promises to 3.5 watts TDP for netbook Atom N2600

Intel promises to 3.5 watts TDP for netbook Atom N2600


Intel promises less than 3.5 watts for the Atom N2600
After Intel unusual, because without comment are first published references to the 32-nanometer D2700 and D2500 for atom-cheap desktop PCs now appeared on Intel's web page data sheets for the N2800 and N2600 netbook atom. According to the 1.86-GHz Atom processor do N2800 with a thermal design power (TDP) of 6.5 watts, the 1.6-GHz-type N2600 with only 3.5 watts. Intel has a hand out that the TDP is not the theoretical maximum power consumption of promises, but on the other hand, an average power consumption of just 1.1 watts for the Atom N2600 and 0.7 watts more for the new "top model".

Obviously, Intel wants to rival AMD, which reaped with the C-50 (9 watts) and especially the E-350 (18 watts) at netbooks and notebooks success on the power brakes. A reference design from Intel promises cheap fanless and ultra-slim notebooks. With its 3.5 watt dual core is the N2600 even an alternative to the previously hapless single-core Atom Z670 (Oak Trail) for tablets, driving with only a single 3-watt 1.5-GHz Core and a "half" 32 - bit memory channel.

However, there is a catch: Intel apparently has problems with the drivers for the Cedar View Graphics, which is called in at D2700 and N2800 GMA 3650 and runs at 640 MHz. The GMA 3600 of D2500 and N2600 is clocked at 400 MHz and maximum true HD video, but not Blu-ray decode - which remains subject to the GMA 3650th

According to Cedarview speculation Intel GPU has purchased from Imagination Technologies. After an announcement early 2010, the PowerVR SGX545 DirectX 10.1 "full support" - that Intel had also specifies the Cedar View Graphics in April. The data is now read only DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 features "64-bit FP format Color, NpO2 Tiling and 180 degree rotation."

AMD, however, has equipped C-50 and E-350 with DirectX 11 graphics and now the successor to C-60 and E-450 nachgeschoben. The C-60, thanks to a high of Turbo overclock to 1.33 GHz. The integrated Radeon HD 6290 may increase as opposed to the older Radeon HD 6250 core clock of 276 MHz to also by Turbo at 400 MHz. The Radeon HD 6320 in the E-450, it even brings up to 600 MHz.

For AMD processors, saving even the one-chip "chipset" A50M is necessary, which is available in a version with 2.7 watts TDP, Intel specifies the NM10 the atom, however, at 2.1 watts. The South bridges reach their maximum power, however, probably rarely, with fast PCI-Express and SATA data transfers on multiple ports simultaneously.