Intel Atom, Will in be the Future of computer Processor?

I wish I knew, I'd buy stock, even in today's market. I know there is new tech. all the time and most of it is over my head but I love learning about the new things. We'll just have to wait and see.

Last summer, I was thinking of buying a mini laptop with the Atom processor - the Asus 1000. In the end, I bought another machine because I needed a laptop and the Asus still had not been released at the time. But since the Atom uses much less power, it gave the laptop something like an 8 hour battery life as opposed to two or three hours with existing processors. So yes, I think that this technology is the way of the future.

In some ways yes, in others no. The Atom process is a great fit for laptops, mini PCs and other mobile devices since it is very energy efficient and generates little heat. But is can not handle the heavy loads of the Core2Duo or Quad processors. So for mobile and lighter applications it will be a great processor. but for those that need more muscle, they will need a more traditional processor.

I too have heard that this new processor would be providing a viable alternative to existing Intel Processors and also lowering costs : " Initially known by the names Silverthorne and Diamondville, the processors in this new line will be called "Atom". These chips have a few surprises in store. Interesting and Surprising Choices Atom CPUs are surprising for more than one reason: they have modern functions (EM64T, SSSE3, etc.) grafted onto an older architecture The Atom is the first in-order x86 since the Pentium. Power management and fabrication costs are the two imperatives Intel seems to have been guided by, at the expense (with no attempt made to hide it) of performance. So, no, don’t expect a competitor to Core 2 Duo. But what does the Atom really have to offer? We’ll see that as this piece unfolds. Released in 2003, the Pentium-M was revolutionary in that it used a different architecture from that of the Pentium 4 and consumed much less power, while maintaining high performance. Yet it was still a derivative of the Pentium III, with the same faults, and the successive improvements to the Pentium-M (leading up to the Core 2 processors) have only increased power consumption. Intel has tried to come out with low-power processors (the A1x0, for example), but essentially they were slowed-down versions of the Pentium-M. Atom Changes All of That INTEL ATOM is a different architecture in the sense that it was designed to reduce power consumption and that the processor uses a totally new design. It isn’t an adaptation of an earlier architecture. Concretely, Intel is now able to offer processors that consume very little power – the high-end Atoms consume less power than the (generally very slow) ULV versions of the standard architectures. With the MID orientation, it’s clear to see who Intel’s target is – ARM processors. This very popular architecture (it’s used in the great majority of telephones, PDAs, and GPS devices) is offered by many manufacturers (ARM licenses its instruction set) and offers good performance while keeping power consumption low. In the mobility arena, except for a few rare devices using MIPS architecture (the PSP, for example), ARM processors are in the majority. Intel, incidentally, once produced ARM CPUs for consumer applications (the XScale, since sold to Marvell) and still has a line of products used, for example in RAID cards (the IOP333, for example). In practice, moving from an ARM architecture to x86 poses no real problems – Linux is obviously compatible, as are Windows CE (used in many GPSs) and the Windows Mobile OS layer (at least in the older versions). In addition, the x86 can also make use of the latest Windows versions and so benefit from broader software (and technical) support than with ARM CPUs. " More on : http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-atom-cpu,1947-3.html

I know absolutly nothing about this technology, I am responding because I find it very interesting. I will be checking your other responses to see what people know about this Intel Atom technology.

eyah i thnk they will be i mean they are faster and tehy use less power and they are designed in a new adn btter way i am sure they will be teh future happy lotting and have a nice day