Intel's Atom S1200 line of chips are obviously designed to compete with ARM's upcoming 64bit chips in the server room. The family of processors will all be under 10W TDP, with the top chip, the Atom S1260, which is a dual core 2GHz part that produces 8.5W. The three chips they have released are on the older 32nm process but according to EETimes you can expect new models using the 22nm tri-gate processors in the near future. From what The Register could find out Intel has not yet ruled out LGA models as well as the embedded chips you will be seeing first. They did pin down some more stats, with the new Atoms supporting DDR3 1333MHz and support eight lanes of PCI Express 2.0, what they will not be able to support on chip is network connectivity, these chips will still be at least partially dependent on other chips for some of their features so they are not truly an SoC, yet.
"CHIPMAKER Intel has released its Atom S1200 series aimed at low power single socket servers.
Intel's race to meet ARM in the low power server market has seen the firm push its Atom branded chips into sub-10W territory while supporting 64-bit memory addressing and ECC memory. Now the firm has released three dual-core chips that make up its Atom S1200 series, all sporting sub-10W TDP."
Here is some more Tech News from around the web:
- Asustek refutes rumors about adopting ARM platform from VIA @ DigiTimes
- TSMC and Global Foundries Plan Risky Process Jump As Intel Unveils 22nm SoC @ Slashdot
- Flexible graphene transistor breaks new records @ NanoTechWeb
- Valve chief confirms Steam-centric console-killing PC @ The Register
- New transistor tech could beat silicon and save Moore's Law @ The Register
- Dell tunes up servers for high freaky traders @ The Register
- Ninjalane Podcast – Forced Obsolescence, No More LGA? And Mainstream Watercooling
- IBM achieves 25Gbit/s photonics breakthrough @ The Inquirer
- Killer Wireless-N 1202 Mini PCIe NIC Review @ Hi Tech Legion
- AMD bites bullet, slashes chip orders @ The Register
- Modding article – How to build a tiny Arcade Cabinet based on a classic Nintendo hardware at Metku.net
- Simulating CRT or Vector displays for more realistic emulation @ Hack a Day
- Holiday 2012 Workstation Buyer's Guide @ AnandTech
- Stanley FatMax LEDLISL and HIDLISL Lithium-Ion Spotlight Double Review @ ModSynergy
- Win silent goodies with BeQuiet! decorate hardware! @ Kitguru
- The Tech Report's 2012 Christmas gift guide
For some reason I keep seeing
For some reason I keep seeing a low powered small computer that is hooked up to a large display (4K?) in the living room of the future that can play Steam type games, do social networking, and do the basics using wireless controllers. Of course it would also work well for presentations. Of course hooked up to external storage in some manner that might actually be a server/multimedia unit. I suppose you could build it into the display screen but I don’t want to have to replace both at the same time.