Intel Atom N450 vs N455 vs N475 Comparison

Intel Atom N450 : is a single core processor with a CPU speed of 1.66 GHz, 512 KB Cache, number of threads 2, 64 – bit instruction set and instruction set extensions like SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, bus/core ratio 10, 45 nm of Lithography, 5.5 W of max TDP  (Thermal Design Power/ Thermal Design Point – TDP – it is the maximum amount of power required by the cooling system to dissipate), 0.800 V – 1.175 V of VID voltage range, 2 GB max memory size, DDR2 – 667 memory type, one memory channel.

The other technologies of the processor include Embedded options, Integrated Graphics, Intel Hyper Threading Technology, Intel 64, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (technology which allows the processor to meet its required performance for its operation during minimal power draw and heat dissipation), Thermal Monitoring Technologies, Execute Disable Bit.

Intel Atom N455 : is a single core processor with CPU speed of 1.66 GHz, 512 KB Cache, number of threads 2, 64 – bit instruction set and instruction set extensions like SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, bus/ core retio 10, 45 nm Lithography, 6.5 W of max TDP, 2.5 GT/ s pf DMI, 2 GB of max memory size, DDR2/3 memory types and one memory channel.

The other technologies of the processor include Embedded options, Integrated Graphics with a Graphics Base Frequency of 200 MHz, Intel Hyper Threading Technology, Intel 64, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology, Thermal Monitoring Technologies, and Execute Disable Bit.

Intel Atom N475 : is a single core processor with CPU speed of 1.83 GHz, 512 KB Cache, number of threads 2, 64 – bit intruction set and instruction set extensions like SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, bus/ core ratio 11, 45 nm Lithography, 6.5 W max TDP, 2.5 GT/s of DMI, 2 GB of max memory size, DDR2/3 memory types and one memory channel.

The other features of the processor include Integrated Graphics with Graphics Base Frequency of 200 MHz, Intel Hyper Threading Technology, Intel 64, Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology, Thermal Monitoring Technologies, Execute Disable Bit

Intel Atom N450 and N455 are exactly same except for support for DDR3 in N455. And since N455 was released after N450 (Previous quarter), the netbooks carrying the N455 are usually better.  Whereas the N475 is a faster processor it also doesnt add much performance boost to be considered as an major upgrade and  in terms of Price vs Performance N455 is better than N475 . And it is newer model than N450, it takes this battle easily.

Intel Atom N550 @ 1.50GHz 559
Intel Atom Z550 @ 2.00GHz – 386
Intel Atom N470 @ 1.83GHz 355
Intel Atom D410 @ 1.66GHz 346
Intel Atom Z540 @ 1.86GHz 341
Intel Atom N475 @ 1.83GHz 337
Intel Atom D425 @ 1.80GHz 327
Intel Atom N450 @ 1.66GHz 319
Intel Atom 230 @ 1.60GHz 315
Intel Atom N280 @ 1.66GHz 314
Intel Atom N455 @ 1.66GHz 309
Intel Atom N270 @ 1.60GHz 304
Intel Atom Z530 @ 1.60GHz 299

Laptops for Children education – One laptop per child

Gone are the days when kids used to carry slates(not the HP slate !),slates got replaced with notebooks and pen and now kids may carry a tablet computer with them to their education center.Marvell Technologies is struggling hard to fullfill the vision of Children using laptops and they are even trying to sell therir products at a cheap rate which could be around $75 to $100.Marvell is in partnership with OLPC foundation to create hardwares for the laptop.

Apart from the low cost feature, Marvell and OLPC are aspiring for many great features which will not even be available in the recent laptops.Following are their tentatively proposed features

low power rating of 1 watt per hour
multilingual, multitouch-screen keyboard with haptic feedback
Wi-Fi
high-quality video (1080p full-HD encode and decode)
integrated video and still cameras
high-performance 3D graphics
Flash 10 Internet
two-way teleconferencing
Andriod OS
ARM Processor
Thickness around 10.8 millimeters which is similar to iPad

So now when is this tablet getting released?
Its been scheduled for next year that is during January 2011

But this laptop will be available only in the developed countries and based on the priority company would look on to other decisions.