Intel Centrino Atom becomes Atom, Atom still Atom, you’re confused

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Oh good, another marketing-speak change-up tossed our way from Intel. Apparently, the Centrino Atom naming convention is no more, leaving the in-house branded Menlow chipset used in MIDs and UMPCs essentially anonymous. Atom, as you may recall, is the name of the Silverthorn and Diamondville-class CPUs. Got it? Of course you don’t. No worries, that’s why you’ve got us. You just focus on trying to understand the difference within MIDs and UMPCs and netbooks and ultra-portables and we’ll take care of the rest.

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Original post by Thomas Ricker

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