Atom dual cores for summer?

While the volume of Atom processors for mini PC laptops has been estimated as insufficient to meet the demand, Digitimes says that Intel will launch mass production of the Atom dual core starting in the second week of July. This is highly probable because in the Product Change Notification 108376-00 sent out yesterday concerning the 945GC mini-ITX motherboard, the Californian company indicates that BIOS changes may be required to comprehend the Intel® Atom™ Processor 3xx, specifically the dual core feature while orders of the new version of the mobo can be delivered starting July 7th.

In terms of availability, the third quarter was mentioned, which includes the end of September, but it should finally be much sooner if everything goes well. The first Atom 3xx should be set at 1.6 GHz and its TDP can be as high as 16W. Thanks to HyperThreading activated on each of its two cores, four logic processors will be available to the operating system.

While D945GCLF Little Falls motherboards with Atom 230s soldered onto them are starting to become available at certain distributors in England, there is a strong risk that they will not be of great interest for too long. On the other hand, we do not know yet when Intel will offer dual core Atoms for ultra portable laptops...