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Intel announced its new series of low-power processors for small mobile devices and Mobile Internet Devices, under the name Atom, also known as Diamondville and Silverthorne, based on a new micro architecture and the Intel Core 2 Duo instruction set.

Atom processors come with support for improved performance with increased system response, in a 25 mm2 form factor, integrating tiny slivers of silicon with 47 million transistors each, which means the world’s smallest and lowest power processors.
Based on the hi-k metal gate technology, Atom chips have a Thermal Design Power in the 0.6-2.5 Watt range with 1.8GHz speeds, unlike the existent 45nm processors with a Thermal Design Power of 35 Watt.

"This is our smallest processor built with the world's smallest transistors," declared Intel Executive Vice President and Chief Sales and Marketing Officer Sean Maloney. "This small wonder is a fundamental new shift in design, small yet powerful enough to enable a big Internet experience on these new devices. We believe it will unleash new innovation across the industry."