Intel Phases Out Atom D2700 CPU
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Intel notified its customers that it has begun phasing out its current flagship Atom processor, the D2700 with Cedarview core.
The rather expensive netbook processor ($52) was introduced in September 2011 and apparently does not pull enough demand anymore to justify carrying the CPU. Intel will also need room in its product lineup for future Atom SoCs that are likely to replace all 32 nm and 45 nm Atom processors that are currently sold by Intel.
The D2700 was next to the D2500 the first third-generation (32 nm) Atom on the market. According to Intel, final orders will be taken June 29 and final shipments will take place on September 28 of this year.
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Awkward English, at best. The writing on this site is getting really bad.
Mostly because they equip those budget machines with super slow harddrives.
I have an EEEPC with an even slower Celeron 800Mhz, and SSD,and am very pleased with it. It's getting outdated in playing back 720p video's, but the future atom processors will be a worthy upgrade from this one.
Believe me or not, but it actually boots my Win XP in 20 seconds!
Awkward English, at best. The writing on this site is getting really bad.
Who still needs Atoms, when ARM-based subsystems perform better, cheaper, with the same level of software support.
How many hundreds of millions will Intel spend on it before throwing the towel?
... Arm does not beat Atom right now, not even the netbook Atoms. Furthermore, the netbooks are slow more because of their crap storage performance and GPU than their crap CPU. The CPU is FAR more than adequate for Windows XP which is actually more than capable of being run well on CPUs with mere fractions of Atom's performance. Some programs today are much heavier than older programs and do bog it down, but it's still more the storage that is the bottleneck, not the software. However, XP itself is NOT the bottleneck.
Go look up the minimum requirements for XP. You'll find that they are something like a Pentium 3 running at 400MHz or so.
The minimum hardware requirements for Windows XP Home Edition (and Professional) are:
Pentium 233-megahertz (MHz) processor or faster (300 MHz is recommended)
At least 64 megabytes (MB) of RAM (128 MB is recommended)
At least 1.5 gigabytes (GB) of available space on the hard disk
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
Keyboard and a Microsoft Mouse or some other compatible pointing device
Video adapter and monitor with Super VGA (800 x 600)or higher resolution
Sound card
Speakers or headphones
Well, it seems that even my minuscule assumption on the minimum requirements was a large overetimation. Thanks for posting that.
Not to mention Intel made a ton of many with Atoms.
I think that it's an over-exaggeration, but they did provide the most portable PC available and a lot of people wanted exactly that. AMD's Brazos netbooks are a lot better than Intel's Atom netbooks, so anyone who bought a netbook with them is probably much better off regardless of the storage situation (can't really be any worse).
How do i know this? Well i've only build and sold over 100 itx sub $500 computers running 64GB SSDs and every machine is making mom and pops computer experience AWESOME. applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Web browsing, yes java and flash games running and opening way faster than a we'll say core2 Q9300 runnning some junk Hitachi hard drive.
Save some intel Atom hating to the people who know and actually build the equipment.
Yes that means your cheap ass $200 HP netbook that you think should be as fast as a Dell XPS $900 notebook isn't
$200 on a computer is a problem.
come on people get real.. at that price point Atom was best when it was released and is still one of the better choices(as against ARM) . yes brazos is a better choice but Atom is not something you just cannot work with.
i have installed a heavily customized Windows 7 home premium in it, and it runs just fine. no stuttering during web browsing or watching 720p videos...
and get this my machine is 2 years old and has the N450 in it. (a single core 2nd gen atom) .
it has never failed me , and i use it exclusively for traveling .(those 24 - 36 hour long train journeys are just about unbearable.) I cant take my desktop with me for travels, and most laptops just don't measure up.