The test referred to are with the nettop version of the Atom, the Atom N230. That CPU is paired with a standard 945GC chipset, which consumes between 15 and 20 Watt. Hence the high power draws in those reviews.
Intel also has the Z series, which include speedstep for even lower powerconsumption for the CPU itself, but they are also to be used with the Intel US15 mobile chipset. For a 1.6 GHz Z530 Atom, with the US15 chipset, a maximum draw of 5 Watt is reported. That is way lower then the combination that PC Perspective has tested. Although probably still not low enough for use in a phone. That however might come in future generations, since Intels plans are to include more, if not all, of the chipset functions into the cpu itself. Shawn Rutledge wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 8:55 PM, Brad Midgley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I've heard the support chips for atom have not been optimized for >> saving power yet, so it may be another generation before atom + >> chipset + solid state drive will be within any kind of reasonable >> power budget for a handheld. > > Yeah no kidding... > > http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=597&type=expert&pid=8 > > See how the "entire system" power is 60 watts max, and doesn't vary > much with the load? and here: > > http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=597&type=expert&pid=2 > > funny how the chipset has a big heatsink with a fan, while the > processor has a small heatsink and no fan. :-) At least they are > competing favorably with VIA for the mini-ITX boards though. > >> If they haven't already, they also need to engineer an instant wakeup >> (acpi suspend/resume is abysmal) > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Intel-Atom-tp723106p723658.html Sent from the Openmoko Community mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
