Intel Dual Core Atom 330 Performance

If June of 2008 is the initial month for Intel Atom to stage the show, now the act has come to its flourish, and in itself far from the end. With every major notebook vendor released their derivative based upon Centrino Atom, Intel had proved its right sense towards the market.

Single core Atom had adequate performance that makes it fit in any mini-notebook, but not quite adequate when it comes to doing tasks more complicated. Quite interested in Intel Atom’s outlook, people had been eagerly waiting for Atom dual core to roll out.

Days ago, rumor got spread as Intel is preparing ship their dual core update to the Atom product line. Techies had been watching closely on the net for any leaked information.

Earlier this week, the detailed pictures about Atom dual core 330 and the board it rest upon, named D945GCLF2, got posted over the Internet. And now, the retail version of Atom dual core 330 got also leaked. Can it be any further? Now have a look at what actually is sealed within the package.

Very compact board in very neat package. Well done, Intel!

Okay. Now you got it. Nothing changed but a attachment of "2". Of course dual.

Have a look at the D945GCLF2, which is largely the same as its "1" version. Misleading as the picture potentially is, the chip that gets cooled with a small fan is the north bridge while the one covered only with a simple aluminum cooler is the Atom dual core 330 processor.

Dual core, Hyper-Threading enabled, Atom dual core 330 is a robust CPU that could easily take the much more power hungry main players from prior era.

Compare it to the score of Atom 230, Atom dual core 330 is doing much better, but highly doubted better enough to shift its level.

Albeit this largely remains only a first look at the dual core Atom, we are already so impressed with its potential. With dual core, Atom is really relaxing its muscles, ready to take those tasks that for long time had been perceived impossible, or at least could try now.

Intel, we are waiting.