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New Atom chips will have the X3, X5 and X7 designations, much like with the Core i3, i5 and i7 brands. An Atom X3 will deliver good performance, X5 will be better and X7 will be the best, an Intel spokeswoman said.

 

The new names will give buyers a quick sense of the level of technology that they’re getting in mobile devices. For example, faster X7 chips for high-end tablets may have better graphics and more wireless connectivity options than X5 chips. (Of course, devices with more advanced chips tend to carry higher prices.)

 

I guess this is good for your average consumer as Z3770D and Z3735F might get a little confusing.

 

At least it will help the illiterates better understand what offers better performance and/or more features.

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That might help.

What are the Atom CPU's for again?
Like modern tablet or something? I can't remember.. I'm not good at this stuff..

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I don't mind this, hopefully BMW don't get a stick up their asses though.

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Best performance in terms of what? Computational power, or energy efficiency? TDP? The comparative metrics in a device that uses an Atom style CPU are drastically different from those of a desktop PC, or even an average laptop.

 

 

I don't mind this, hopefully BMW don't get a stick up their asses though.

 
Considering BMW's appropriation of i3, i5 and i7 I don't think they're in a position to judge.
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A lot of the Xeon CPU's confuse a lot of people too.  

 

I can see why they did this. 

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they should make the atom the mobile cpu line

x3 for tablets and x5/x7 for laptops

 

i thought that intel was changing its name to atom

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To be honest the average joe won't even know what difference there is...

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I don't mind this, hopefully BMW don't get a stick up their asses though.

they didn't get pissed at the i7, model xD or the fact thier making an i5 soon

or the fact they have an i3

nor can the really do anything anyway lol

 

 

 

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That might help.

What are the Atom CPU's for again?

Like modern tablet or something? I can't remember.. I'm not good at this stuff..

Atom is low power for cell phones, tablets and small netbooks.

 

Should've made these the A3, A5, A7 and the Xeons X3, X5, X7

Too "AMD'ish" probably for Intel. If you're looking at Xeon chips you likely already understand hardware. Tho if you're an average Joe in WalMart looking at tablets...

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That might help.

What are the Atom CPU's for again?

Like modern tablet or something? I can't remember.. I'm not good at this stuff..

Netbooks (lol)

windows 8 tablets mostly

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I'd have prefered something like A instead of X (as x for Intel is usually extreme), but AMD kind of beat them to it.

 

either way better than Z3735 like you say :)

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Should've made these the A3, A5, A7 and the Xeons X3, X5, X7

Apple already took A. 

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Atom = Boring

Avoton = Interesting

 

More news on the latter would be nice.

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Atom = Boring

Avoton = Interesting

 

More news on the latter would be nice.

I think Atom fits quite nicely.

"An atom is the smallest unit of matter."

In which the Atom is Intel's smallest x86 core.

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That might help.

What are the Atom CPU's for again?

Like modern tablet or something? I can't remember.. I'm not good at this stuff..

 

Ye, I think it's for tablets mainly.

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Good move. It's a pain in the ass to keep track of the Atom's numbers.

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I think Atom fits quite nicely.

In which the Atom is Intel's smallest x86 core.

 

No I recognize that, just saying, these atom mobile chips aren't as interesting as the SoC server boards derived from Atom (which are called Avoton)

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I can see someone saying "my x7 is better than ur i7 cause x is XTREEEEEME"

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Not bad, now I can tell which atom processor is better on my mobile devices, If I gave a single fuck about mobile devices.

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Intel Atom was an alright name to be honest.

 

but the new naming scheme makes it easier to figure out the best chip

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Not bad, now I can tell which atom processor is better on my mobile devices, If I gave a single fuck about mobile devices.

You're one of the very few who don't. I personally can't wait to get my hands on a 2 in 1 that runs a full version of Windows 8.1.

 

Intel Atom was an alright name to be honest.

It will still be called the Atom. It just wont be "Atom Z3770D" but something along the lines of "Atom X5-370D".

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Should've made these the A3, A5, A7 and the Xeons X3, X5, X7

Xeons are already E3, E5 and E7. E3 is for workstations, E5 is for servers and E7 is for multi-CPU servers. The high-end E7 is actually lesss powerful than an E5, but the E7 supports up to 8 CPUs IIRC.

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That might help.

What are the Atom CPU's for again?

Like modern tablet or something? I can't remember.. I'm not good at this stuff..

Yeah. Years ago they were reserved for cheap netbooks and they were pieces of shit. (I had one. The Atom in it had a 2.5w TDP and couldn't even run a 64 bit OS. Slow as fuck. Overclockable though.)

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