According to PC World, Intel is going to release the all new dual-core Atom processor in September 2008, that would be aimed at the motherboard packages of low-cost desktops.
Users with the single core Atom processor had been waiting anxiously for this announcement as the new dual core atom processor would provide enhanced performance to single core processors based computers.
As per PC World, “The D945GCLF2 motherboard will include the Atom 330 processor, Intel said, without offering details of the chip, such as clock speed. When released, the official name is likely to be Atom N330, based on the company’s product name conventions. The new motherboard is a Mini-ITX board and, like other Atom-based, systems offers limited features relative to boards used with Intel’s mainstream chips. For example, the board has a single memory socket that can support up to 2GB of DDR2 memory. Most motherboards have two such slots.”
Some of the other features of the Intel dual-core Atom processor include, Intel’s 945GC Express chipset, with integrated graphics, and a single PCI expansion slot.