The Atom AKA Silverthorn is set to be in every upcoming MID device, and has already been demoed on a bunch of devices.I want to know how it will perform against other processor’s in its class? The people over at XTReview were lucky enough to sneak some benchmarks of a demo Asus MID device.
The results aren’t fantastic, with the 1.6GHz Atom in review doing very average on 1MB Super Pi benchmarks. It was beaten by the 900MHz Celeron, which could mean the EeePC will be faster then the upcoming MID’s. On the other hand, the Pi tests aren’t the bases of all results, and will have to wait for a complete benchmark to be completed (will it run Crysis?).
The advantages of the 45nm processors are the power savings, but considering that a lot of companies are expecting to be running Vista on these little devices, they may encounter some performance issues. Until I have seen all round benchmarks, including battery life, I will reserve my all mighty judgement.
For the benchmarks, click over to XTReviews.
P.S. A little less advertising and a little more design goes a long way XTReviews.
How much do you want a 9-inch LCD on an EeePC? Keep on waiting, because the screen that is coming is 8.9-inch (haha, I’m a funny man).
Rumour has it that Asus are going to announce the EeePC 900, which will feature the larger screen with a 1024×600 resolution, 1 GB of RAM and 12 GB of Flash storage. This will set you back a pricey $US600, but for an EeePC fan it will be worth it.
Unfortunately, it is believed that the little guys battery life will suffer (down to a possible 2.5hours). Also, now it is going to the $600 mark, is it sill going to be value for money considering it doesn’t feature a touch-screen or a fast processor (it is still a 900Mhz Celeron). Sorry Asus, but I’m waiting for Atom’s.
For more info, click over to Gizmodo.