<s>
Intel	B-Device
Atom	I-Device
is	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
IA-32	B-Device
and	O
x86-64	B-Device
instruction	B-General_Concept
set	I-General_Concept
ultra-low-voltage	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
by	O
Intel	O
Corporation	O
designed	O
to	O
reduce	O
electric	O
consumption	O
and	O
power	O
dissipation	O
in	O
comparison	O
with	O
ordinary	O
processors	O
of	O
the	O
Intel	B-Device
Core	I-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atom	B-Device
is	O
mainly	O
used	O
in	O
netbooks	B-Device
,	O
nettops	B-Protocol
,	O
embedded	B-Architecture
applications	O
ranging	O
from	O
health	O
care	O
to	O
advanced	O
robotics	O
,	O
mobile	B-Device
Internet	I-Device
devices	I-Device
(	O
MIDs	O
)	O
and	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
line	O
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
in	O
45	B-Algorithm
nm	I-Algorithm
complementary	O
metal	O
–	O
oxide	O
–	O
semiconductor	O
(	O
CMOS	B-Device
)	O
technology	O
and	O
subsequent	O
models	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Cedar	O
,	O
used	O
a	O
32	B-Algorithm
nm	I-Algorithm
process	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
generation	O
of	O
Atom	B-Device
processors	I-Device
are	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Bonnell	B-Device
microarchitecture	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
21	O
,	O
2009	O
,	O
Intel	O
announced	O
the	O
Pine	O
Trail	O
platform	O
,	O
including	O
new	O
Atom	B-Device
processor	I-Device
code-named	O
Pineview	O
(	O
Atom	B-Device
N450	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
total	O
kit	O
power	O
consumption	O
down	O
20%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
28	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Intel	O
updated	O
the	O
Atom	B-Device
line	O
with	O
the	O
Cedar	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2012	O
,	O
Intel	O
launched	O
the	O
64-bit	O
Centerton	O
family	O
of	O
Atom	B-Device
CPUs	O
,	O
designed	O
specifically	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
servers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Centerton	O
adds	O
features	O
previously	O
unavailable	O
in	O
Atom	B-Device
processors	I-Device
,	O
such	O
as	O
Intel	O
VT	O
virtualization	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
and	O
support	O
for	O
ECC	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
4	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Intel	O
launched	O
a	O
22	B-Algorithm
nm	I-Algorithm
successor	O
to	O
Centerton	O
,	O
codenamed	O
Avoton	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	B-Device
Atom	I-Device
is	O
a	O
direct	O
successor	O
of	O
the	O
Intel	B-Device
A100	I-Device
and	O
A110	O
low-power	O
processors	O
(	O
code-named	O
Stealey	B-Device
)	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
built	O
on	O
a	O
90nm	O
process	O
,	O
had	O
512kB	O
L2	O
cache	O
and	O
ran	O
at	O
600MHz/800MHz	O
with	O
3W	O
TDP	B-General_Concept
(	O
Thermal	B-General_Concept
Design	I-General_Concept
Power	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
the	O
Silverthorne	O
announcement	O
,	O
outside	O
sources	O
had	O
speculated	O
that	O
Atom	B-Device
would	O
compete	O
with	O
AMD	O
's	O
Geode	B-Device
system-on-a-chip	B-Architecture
processors	O
,	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
One	O
Laptop	O
per	O
Child	O
(	O
OLPC	O
)	O
project	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
cost	O
and	O
power	O
sensitive	O
applications	O
for	O
x86	B-Operating_System
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Atom	B-Device
"	O
was	O
the	O
name	O
under	O
which	O
Silverthorne	O
would	O
be	O
sold	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
supporting	O
chipset	B-Device
formerly	O
code-named	O
Menlow	O
was	O
called	O
Centrino	B-Device
Atom	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Spring	O
Intel	O
Developer	O
Forum	O
(	O
IDF	O
)	O
2008	O
in	O
Shanghai	B-Device
,	O
Intel	O
officially	O
announced	O
that	O
Silverthorne	O
and	O
Diamondville	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
microarchitecture	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Silverthorne	O
would	O
be	O
called	O
the	O
Atom	B-Device
Z5xx	O
series	O
and	O
Diamondville	O
would	O
be	O
called	O
the	O
Atom	B-Device
N2xx	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
more	O
expensive	O
lower-power	O
Silverthorne	O
parts	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
Intel	B-Device
mobile	I-Device
Internet	I-Device
devices	I-Device
(	O
MIDs	O
)	O
whereas	O
Diamondville	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
low-cost	O
desktop	O
and	O
notebooks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
and	O
Lenovo	O
also	O
jointly	O
announced	O
an	O
Atom	B-Device
powered	O
MID	B-Device
called	O
the	O
IdeaPad	B-Operating_System
U8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2008	O
,	O
a	O
MID	B-Device
development	O
kit	O
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Sophia	O
Systems	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
board	O
called	O
CoreExpress-ECO	O
was	O
revealed	O
by	O
a	O
German	O
company	O
LiPPERT	O
Embedded	B-Architecture
Computers	I-Architecture
,	O
GmbH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
offers	O
Atom	B-Device
based	O
motherboards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2012	O
,	O
Intel	O
released	O
Atom	B-Device
for	O
servers	B-Application
,	O
the	O
S1200	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
primary	O
difference	O
between	O
these	O
processors	O
and	O
all	O
prior	O
versions	O
,	O
is	O
that	O
ECC	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
support	O
has	O
been	O
added	O
,	O
enabling	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Atom	B-Device
in	O
mission-critical	O
server	B-Application
environments	O
that	O
demand	O
redundancy	O
and	O
memory	O
failure	O
protection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atom	B-Device
processors	I-Device
became	O
available	O
to	O
system	O
manufacturers	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
they	O
are	O
soldered	O
onto	O
a	O
mainboard	O
,	O
like	O
northbridges	B-Device
and	O
southbridges	B-Device
,	O
Atom	B-Device
processors	I-Device
are	O
not	O
available	O
to	O
home	O
users	O
or	O
system	O
builders	O
as	O
separate	O
processors	O
,	O
although	O
they	O
may	O
be	O
obtained	O
preinstalled	O
on	O
some	O
ITX	O
motherboards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Diamondville	O
and	O
Pineview	O
Atom	B-Device
is	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
HP	O
Mini	O
Series	O
,	O
Asus	O
N10	O
,	O
Lenovo	B-Operating_System
IdeaPad	I-Operating_System
S10	O
,	O
Acer	B-Application
Aspire	I-Application
One	I-Application
&	O
Packard	O
Bell	O
's	O
"	O
dot	O
"	O
(	O
ZG5	O
)	O
,	O
recent	O
ASUS	B-Device
Eee	I-Device
PC	I-Device
systems	O
,	O
Sony	O
VAIO	O
M-series	O
,	O
AMtek	O
Elego	O
,	O
Dell	B-Application
Inspiron	I-Application
Mini	I-Application
Series	I-Application
,	O
Gigabyte	B-Device
M912	I-Device
,	O
LG	O
X	O
Series	O
,	O
Samsung	B-Device
NC10	I-Device
,	O
Sylvania	O
g	O
Netbook	B-Device
Meso	O
,	O
Toshiba	O
NB	O
series	O
(	O
100	O
,	O
200	O
,	O
205	O
,	O
255	O
,	O
300	O
,	O
500	O
,	O
505	O
)	O
,	O
MSI	B-Device
Wind	I-Device
PC	I-Device
netbooks	B-Device
,	O
RedFox	O
Wizbook	O
1020i	O
,	O
Sony	O
Vaio	O
X	O
Series	O
,	O
Zenith	O
Z-Book	O
,	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
Aleutia	O
desktops	O
,	O
Magic	O
W3	O
,	O
Archos	O
and	O
the	O
ICP-DAS	O
LP-8381-Atom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
has	O
applied	O
the	O
Atom	B-Device
branding	O
to	O
product	O
lines	O
targeting	O
several	O
different	O
market	O
segments	O
,	O
including	O
:	O
MID/UMPC/Smartphone	O
,	O
Netbook/Nettop	O
,	O
Tablet	B-Device
,	O
Embedded	B-Architecture
,	O
Wireless	O
Base	O
Stations	O
(	O
for	O
5G	O
networking	O
infrastructure	O
)	O
,	O
Microserver/Server	O
and	O
Consumer	O
electronics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
consumer	O
electronic	O
(	O
CE	O
)	O
SoCs	O
are	O
marketed	O
under	O
the	O
Atom	B-Device
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
application	O
of	O
the	O
Atom	B-Device
brand	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
number	O
of	O
Intel	O
CE	O
SoCs	O
including	O
:	O
Olo	O
River	O
(	O
CE	O
2110	O
which	O
had	O
an	O
XScale	B-Application
ARM	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
)	O
and	O
Canmore	O
(	O
CE	O
3100	O
which	O
like	O
Stealey	B-Device
and	O
Tolapai	B-Device
had	O
a	O
90nm	O
Pentium	B-Architecture
M	I-Architecture
microarchitecture	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	B-Device
Atom	I-Device
CE	O
branded	O
SoCs	O
include	O
:	O
Sodaville	O
,	O
Groveland	O
,	O
and	O
Berryville	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
Atom	B-Device
processors	I-Device
implement	O
the	O
x86	B-Operating_System
(	O
IA-32	B-Device
)	O
instruction	B-General_Concept
set	I-General_Concept
;	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
AMD	B-Device
64	I-Device
instruction	B-General_Concept
set	I-General_Concept
was	O
not	O
added	O
until	O
the	O
desktop	O
Diamondville	O
and	O
desktop	O
and	O
mobile	O
Pineview	O
cores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atom	B-Device
N2xx	O
and	O
Z5xx	O
series	O
Atom	B-Device
models	O
cannot	O
run	O
x86-64	B-Device
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Centerton	O
server	B-Application
processors	O
will	O
support	O
the	O
Intel	O
64	O
instruction	B-General_Concept
set	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
states	O
the	O
Atom	B-Device
supports	O
64-bit	O
operation	O
only	O
"	O
with	O
a	O
processor	O
,	O
chipset	B-Device
,	O
BIOS	B-Operating_System
"	O
that	O
all	O
support	O
Intel	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
Atom	B-Device
systems	O
not	O
supporting	O
all	O
of	O
these	O
cannot	O
enable	O
Intel	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
of	O
an	O
Atom-based	O
system	O
to	O
run	O
64-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
operating	O
systems	O
may	O
vary	O
from	O
one	O
motherboard	O
to	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Online	O
retailer	O
mini-itx.com	O
has	O
tested	O
Atom-based	O
motherboards	O
made	O
by	O
Intel	O
and	O
Jetway	O
,	O
and	O
while	O
they	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
install	O
64-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
on	O
Intel-branded	O
motherboards	O
with	O
D2700	O
(	O
Cedarview	O
;	O
supports	O
maximum	O
of	O
4	O
GB	O
memory	O
DDR3-800/1066	O
)	O
processors	O
,	O
Intel	O
64	O
support	O
was	O
not	O
enabled	O
on	O
a	O
Jetway-branded	O
motherboard	O
with	O
a	O
D2550	B-Device
(	O
Cedarview	O
)	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
among	O
Atom-based	O
systems	O
which	O
have	O
Intel	O
64	O
enabled	O
,	O
not	O
all	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
run	O
64-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
those	O
Pineview	O
processors	O
which	O
support	O
64-bit	O
operation	O
,	O
Intel	O
Download	O
Center	O
currently	O
provides	O
64-bit	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
drivers	O
for	O
Intel	B-Device
GMA	I-Device
3150	O
graphics	O
,	O
found	O
in	O
Pineview	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
no	O
64-bit	O
Windows	B-Application
drivers	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
Intel	B-Device
Atom	I-Device
Cedarview	O
processors	O
,	O
released	O
Q3	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Intel	O
's	O
Bay	O
Trail-M	O
processors	O
,	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
Silvermont	B-Device
microarchitecture	B-General_Concept
and	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
second	O
half	O
of	O
2013	O
,	O
regain	O
64-bit	O
support	O
,	O
although	O
driver	O
support	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
is	O
limited	O
at	O
launch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lack	O
of	O
64-bit	O
Windows	B-Application
support	O
for	O
Cedarview	O
processors	O
appears	O
to	O
be	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
driver	O
issue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Intel	O
Enthusiast	O
Team	O
has	O
stated	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
posts	O
on	O
enthusiast	O
site	O
Tom	O
's	O
Hardware	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
Atom	B-Device
D2700	O
(	O
Cedarview	O
)	O
was	O
designed	O
with	O
Intel	O
64	O
support	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
"	O
limitation	O
of	O
the	O
board	O
"	O
Intel	O
had	O
pulled	O
their	O
previously	O
available	O
64-bit	O
drivers	O
for	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
and	O
would	O
not	O
provide	O
any	O
further	O
64-bit	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
system	O
manufacturers	O
have	O
similarly	O
stated	O
that	O
their	O
motherboards	O
with	O
Atom	B-Device
Cedarview	O
processors	O
lack	O
64-bit	O
support	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
"	O
lack	O
of	O
Intel®	O
64-bit	O
VGA	B-Protocol
driver	O
support	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
all	O
Cedarview	O
processors	O
use	O
the	O
same	O
Intel	B-Device
GMA	I-Device
3600	O
or	O
3650	O
graphics	O
as	O
the	O
D2700	O
,	O
this	O
indicates	O
that	O
Atom	B-Device
Cedarview	O
systems	O
will	O
remain	O
unable	O
to	O
run	O
64-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
even	O
those	O
which	O
have	O
Intel	O
64	O
enabled	O
and	O
are	O
able	O
to	O
run	O
64-bit	O
versions	O
of	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
Atom	B-Device
processors	I-Device
were	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Bonnell	B-Device
microarchitecture	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
Atom	B-Device
processors	I-Device
are	O
able	O
to	O
execute	O
up	O
to	O
two	O
instructions	O
per	O
cycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
many	O
other	O
x86	B-Operating_System
processors	O
,	O
they	O
translate	O
x86-instructions	O
(	O
CISC	B-Architecture
instructions	O
)	O
into	O
simpler	O
internal	O
operations	O
(	O
sometimes	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
micro-ops	B-General_Concept
,	O
i.e.	O
,	O
effectively	O
RISC	B-Architecture
style	O
instructions	O
)	O
prior	O
to	O
execution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
majority	O
of	O
instructions	O
produce	O
one	O
micro-op	B-General_Concept
when	O
translated	O
,	O
with	O
around	O
4%	O
of	O
instructions	O
used	O
in	O
typical	O
programs	O
producing	O
multiple	O
micro-ops	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
number	O
of	O
instructions	O
that	O
produce	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
micro-op	B-General_Concept
is	O
significantly	O
fewer	O
than	O
the	O
P6	B-Device
and	O
NetBurst	B-Device
microarchitectures	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Bonnell	B-Device
microarchitecture	I-Device
,	O
internal	O
micro-ops	B-General_Concept
can	O
contain	O
both	O
a	O
memory	O
load	O
and	O
a	O
memory	O
store	O
in	O
connection	O
with	O
an	O
ALU	B-General_Concept
operation	O
,	O
thus	O
being	O
more	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
x86	B-Operating_System
level	O
and	O
more	O
powerful	O
than	O
the	O
micro-ops	B-General_Concept
used	O
in	O
previous	O
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
enables	O
relatively	O
good	O
performance	O
with	O
only	O
two	O
integer	O
ALUs	O
,	O
and	O
without	O
any	O
instruction	B-General_Concept
reordering	I-General_Concept
,	O
speculative	B-General_Concept
execution	I-General_Concept
,	O
or	O
register	B-Architecture
renaming	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Bonnell	B-Device
microarchitecture	I-Device
therefore	O
represents	O
a	O
partial	O
revival	O
of	O
the	O
principles	O
used	O
in	O
earlier	O
Intel	O
designs	O
such	O
as	O
P5	B-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
i486	B-General_Concept
,	O
with	O
the	O
sole	O
purpose	O
of	O
enhancing	O
the	O
performance	O
per	O
watt	O
ratio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Hyper-Threading	B-Operating_System
is	O
implemented	O
in	O
an	O
easy	O
(	O
i.e.	O
,	O
low	O
power	O
)	O
way	O
to	O
employ	O
the	O
whole	O
pipeline	B-General_Concept
efficiently	O
by	O
avoiding	O
typical	O
single	O
thread	O
dependencies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atom	B-Device
branded	O
processors	O
have	O
historically	O
featured	O
the	O
following	O
microarchitectures	B-General_Concept
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
performance	O
of	O
a	O
single-core	O
Atom	B-Device
is	O
about	O
half	O
that	O
of	O
a	O
Pentium	B-Architecture
M	I-Architecture
of	O
the	O
same	O
clock	O
rate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
Atom	B-Device
N270	O
(	O
1.60GHz	O
)	O
found	O
in	O
many	O
netbooks	B-Device
such	O
as	O
the	O
Eee	B-Device
PC	I-Device
can	O
deliver	O
around	O
3300	O
MIPS	O
and	O
2.1	O
GFLOPS	O
in	O
standard	O
benchmarks	O
,	O
compared	O
to	O
7400	O
MIPS	O
and	O
3.9	O
GFLOPS	O
for	O
the	O
similarly	O
clocked	O
(	O
1.72GHz	O
)	O
Pentium	B-Architecture
M	I-Architecture
740	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
because	O
the	O
Pineview	O
platform	O
uses	O
the	O
same	O
Bonnell	B-Device
execution	O
core	O
as	O
Diamondville	O
and	O
is	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
memory	O
controller	O
via	O
the	O
FSB	O
,	O
hence	O
memory	B-General_Concept
latency	I-General_Concept
and	O
performance	O
in	O
CPU-intensive	O
applications	O
are	O
minimally	O
improved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2009	O
,	O
Intel	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
collaborating	O
with	O
TSMC	O
for	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
the	O
Atom	B-Device
processors	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
13	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
Intel	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
held	O
a	O
joint	O
announcement	O
of	O
a	O
partnership	O
to	O
provide	O
support	O
in	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Android	I-Application
operating	O
system	O
for	O
Intel	O
processors	O
(	O
beginning	O
with	O
the	O
Atom	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
would	O
allow	O
Intel	O
to	O
supply	O
chips	O
for	O
the	O
growing	O
smartphone	B-Application
and	O
tablet	B-Device
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
this	O
collaboration	O
,	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
Intel	O
announced	O
a	O
new	O
system	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
(	O
SoC	O
)	O
platform	O
designed	O
for	O
smartphones	B-Application
and	O
tablets	B-Device
which	O
would	O
use	O
the	O
Atom	B-Device
line	O
of	O
CPUs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
continuation	O
of	O
the	O
partnership	O
announced	O
by	O
Intel	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
on	O
September	O
13	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
to	O
provide	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
on	O
Intel	B-Operating_System
x86	I-Operating_System
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
range	O
competed	O
with	O
existing	O
SoCs	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
smartphone	B-Application
and	O
tablet	B-Device
market	O
from	O
companies	O
like	O
Texas	O
Instruments	O
,	O
Nvidia	O
,	O
Qualcomm	O
and	O
Samsung	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
29	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Intel	O
announced	O
the	O
decision	O
to	O
cancel	O
the	O
Broxton	O
SoC	O
for	O
smartphones	B-Application
and	O
tablets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Broxton	O
was	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
newest	O
Atom	B-Device
microarchitecture	B-General_Concept
(	O
Goldmont	B-Device
on	O
a	O
14nm	O
node	O
)	O
in	O
combination	O
with	O
an	O
Intel	O
modem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Embedded	B-Architecture
processors	I-Architecture
based	O
on	O
the	O
ARM	B-Architecture
version	O
7	O
instruction	B-General_Concept
set	I-General_Concept
architecture	I-General_Concept
(	O
such	O
as	O
Nvidia	O
's	O
Tegra	B-Operating_System
3	O
series	O
,	O
TI	O
's	O
4	O
series	O
and	O
Freescale	O
's	O
i.MX51	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Cortex-A8	B-Application
core	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
Qualcomm	B-Architecture
Snapdragon	I-Architecture
and	O
Marvell	O
Armada	O
500/600	O
based	O
on	O
custom	O
ARMv7	O
implementations	O
)	O
offer	O
similar	O
performance	O
to	O
the	O
low	O
end	O
Atom	B-Device
chipsets	B-Device
but	O
at	O
roughly	O
one	O
quarter	O
the	O
power	O
consumption	O
,	O
and	O
(	O
like	O
most	O
ARM	B-Architecture
systems	O
)	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
integrated	O
system	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
,	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
two	O
chip	O
solution	O
like	O
the	O
current	O
Atom	B-Device
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
second-generation	O
Atom	B-Device
codenamed	O
"	O
Pineview	O
"	O
should	O
greatly	O
increase	O
its	O
competitiveness	O
in	O
performance/watt	O
,	O
ARM	B-Architecture
plans	O
to	O
counter	O
the	O
threat	O
with	O
the	O
multi-core	O
capable	O
Cortex-A9	B-Application
core	O
as	O
used	O
in	O
Nvidia	O
's	O
Tegra	B-Operating_System
2/3	O
,	O
TI	O
's	O
OMAP	B-Device
4	O
series	O
,	O
and	O
Qualcomm	O
's	O
next-generation	O
Snapdragon	B-Architecture
series	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nano	B-Device
and	O
Nano	B-Device
Dual-Core	O
series	O
from	O
VIA	O
is	O
slightly	O
above	O
the	O
average	O
thermal	O
envelope	O
of	O
the	O
Atom	B-Device
,	O
but	O
offers	O
hardware	O
AES	O
support	O
,	O
random	O
number	O
generators	O
,	O
and	O
out-of-order	B-General_Concept
execution	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Performance	O
comparisons	O
of	O
the	O
Intel	B-Device
Atom	I-Device
against	O
the	O
Via	B-Device
Nano	I-Device
indicate	O
that	O
a	O
single	O
core	O
Intel	B-Device
Atom	I-Device
is	O
easily	O
outperformed	O
by	O
the	O
Via	B-Device
Nano	I-Device
which	O
is	O
in	O
turn	O
outperformed	O
by	O
a	O
dual	O
core	O
Intel	B-Device
Atom	I-Device
330	O
in	O
tests	O
where	O
multithreading	O
is	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Core	O
2	O
Duo	O
SU7300	O
outperforms	O
the	O
dual-core	O
Nano	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Xcore86	B-Device
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
PMX	O
1000	O
)	O
is	O
x586	O
based	O
System	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
Chip	I-Architecture
(	O
SoC	O
)	O
that	O
offers	O
a	O
below	O
average	O
thermal	O
envelope	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
Atom	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Kenton	O
Williston	O
of	O
EE	O
Times	O
said	O
that	O
while	O
Atom	B-Device
will	O
not	O
displace	O
ARM	B-Architecture
from	O
its	O
current	O
markets	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
apply	O
the	O
PC	O
architecture	O
into	O
smaller	O
,	O
cheaper	O
and	O
lower	O
power	O
form	O
factors	O
will	O
open	O
up	O
new	O
markets	O
for	O
Intel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
ARM	B-Architecture
claimed	O
that	O
Intel	O
's	O
Atom	B-Device
processors	I-Device
offer	O
less	O
compatibility	O
and	O
lower	O
performance	O
than	O
their	O
chips	O
when	O
running	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
and	O
higher	O
power	O
consumption	O
and	O
less	O
battery	O
life	O
for	O
the	O
same	O
tasks	O
under	O
both	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
after	O
,	O
The	O
Register	O
broke	O
the	O
news	O
that	O
this	O
issue	O
was	O
linked	O
to	O
the	O
Intel	B-Device
Atom	I-Device
SoC	O
,	O
and	O
reports	O
of	O
other	O
vendors	O
being	O
affected	O
started	O
appearing	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
