Intel Phases Out Atom D2700 CPU

By Douglas Perry
published

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.

Douglas Perry
47 Comments Comment from the forums
  • blazorthon
    Alright Intel, that's one more step away from your out-dated Atom processors.
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  • halcyon
    Goodbye and good riddance!
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  • DroKing
    Atom is officially the world's worst processor. I tried a netbook with atom... I couldn't even surf the net at ease without it stuttering on me.
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  • ProDigit10
    DroKingAtom is officially the world's worst processor. I tried a netbook with atom... I couldn't even surf the net at ease without it stuttering on me.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 It's getting outdated in playing back 720p video's, but the future atom processors will be a worthy upgrade from this one.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!
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  • halcyon
    Atom processors are a big part of why netbooks weren't successful. Nobody wants something slow and sluggish.
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  • mikeangs2004
    I wouldn't think they are even responsive.
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  • ta152h
    "The D2700 was next to the D2500 the first third-generation (32 nm) Atom on the market."

    Awkward English, at best. The writing on this site is getting really bad.
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  • felix666
    Intel pushed the Atom in the throat of just every PC manufacturer in an effort to kill the AMD's Geode SoCs that made their way in the OLPCs and industrial computers, where the OSes are not Windows. Windows XP is not tuned to run onto a subpar processor and low memory. A good share of the netpc market now understandably belongs to tablets.
    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?
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  • blazorthon
    felix666Intel pushed the Atom in the throat of just every PC manufacturer in an effort to kill the AMD's Geode SoCs that made their way in the OLPCs and industrial computers, where the OSes are not Windows. Windows XP is not tuned to run onto a subpar processor and low memory. A good share of the netpc market now understandably belongs to tablets.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.
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  • nbelote
    Straight from MS:

    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
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