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Intel Confirm Release of the Atom N280, Shipping Now

Processor-maker Intel have confirmed the release of the new Atom N280 chip to manufacturers, thus greatly increasing the potential of many netbooks due to improvements over previous chips. The most noticeable feature is its newly energy efficient hardware adaptation to running high-definition content, drawing less power and thus improving battery life greatly. This is the major step up over previous versions of this netbook processor with other boosts being relatively minor such as a slightly faster clock speed and overall better power conservation. This contrasts greatly to Intel’s original...