Atom

Intel lost the mobile market to ARM processors, the choice for mobile operating systems. Various Intel efforts to increase mobile use of their Atom processor (the netbook CPU) have not succeeded. So now Intel is working directly with Google to power Android tablets and smartphones.

It seems Moore's Law doesn't apply to the next generation of Intel's Atom chips. The low-cost, power-sipping chips, codenamed "Pineview," will greatly improve upon both of those traits, but at the expense of any significant speed boost, according to authentic-looking specs leaked this month.

Intel has definite ideas about how it wants small laptops based on its Atom processors to evolve and believes longer battery life is more important than larger screens or better graphics.

In a pre-emptive strike against the expected onslaught of ARM-based netbooks running Google's Android operating system, HP on Tuesday announced a new Intel Atom netbook that will run HP's custom version of Linux and cost just $279.

Intel's next generation Atom platform, code-named Pine Trail, will ease out graphics chip makers like Nvidia from designing graphic chips around the Atom processor, the company said Tuesday.

Intel's Atom processor is starting to find its way into some types of servers, bringing a new low-power option for end-users but raising a potential business challenge for Intel.

Intel's revenue from its line of low-end Atom microprocessors fell more during the first quarter than other products.

Intel plans to make sure all of its popular Atom chips support at least two versions of Microsoft’s new OS, Windows 7, in the second half of this year.

Intel celebrated the one-year anniversary of its popular Atom family of microprocessors on Wednesday by announcing a new 2GHz version of the chip.

Intel on Monday detailed plans to push its Atom processors into devices beyond just netbooks and mobile Internet devices.

Intel confirmed on Thursday that it's shipping the Atom N280 processor to PC makers, which should bring more performance and improved graphics capabilities to netbooks.

An increasing number of Atom-based laptops are hitting the market, but these devices aren't netbooks.