Intel is about to change the computer technology industry once again, this time in the mobile sector. The company announced its new Atom processor — the Silvermont. It is tiny, at 22 nanometers, and will deliver three times the performance of its predecessor, while using five times less power. In other words, whether utilizing a VPS hosting platform or an in-house server, the Silvermont will handle just about anything you throw at it. This latest Atom technology is not just a one-time thing Intel hopes will carry it along near the front of the marketplace. The Silvermont chip is the first in a long line of Atom chips that will come out on a yearly basis. Intel’s goal is to remain competitive with other areas of the technology market. Silvermont isn’t just a tweak of the previous design, but rather a fundamentally new design, Belli Kuttanna, Intel’s chief architect, told Techspot.com. Dadi Perlmutter, chief product officer and executive vice president of Intel, said that Silvermont is brand new technology that will shape the future for several different products. It will be available with up to eight processing cores, previously unavailable in smartphones or tablets at this point in the United [...]
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