Evidence suggests that the shortage of low-cost Atom processors that system makers faced earlier this year is over. The low-cost Atom processor is primarily used in low-cost laptops, called netbooks.

The move marks the first time Intel will allow another company to manufacture one of its core processor products. Under the new alliance, Intel and TSMC will combine the circuitry of the ultra ...

Intel Corp. desperately wants the hit Atom netbook processor inside smartphones, cars — even factory robots. Intel Corp. desperately wants the hit Atom netbook processor inside smartphones, cars — ...

The chip giant unveiled the long awaited Atom Wednesday at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in Shanghai China. Solution providers said Atom could pave the way for a flood of handhelds similar to ...

Have you noticed Atom-based laptops seem to be getting nicer? The latest models sport bigger screens, more RAM, and slimmer and lighter designs than anything that’s come before. They are also using ...

Intel has released a number of versions of its low power Intel Atom processor over least year or so. But so far I haven’t seen one called the Intel Atom Z630. But in a product listing for a new ...

Chipmaker celebrates the one-year anniversary of the Atom processor by introducing two new models, while confirming the arrival of Nehalem-based mobile chips later this year. Brooke Crothers writes ...

Hackers have bypassed Apple’s desire to remove support for Intel’s Atom processor from Mac OS X 10.6.2, allowing the increasingly popular netbooks to run Cupertino’s latest operating system. The ...

Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an ...