Intel has picked "Atom" as the new brand name for its latest microprocessor, the world's largest semiconductor company said. The Intel Atom processor is the name for the new family of low-power ...

Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, smartphones: how they define the computing experience and the hardware that makes them tick. He has served as an ...

Intel’s upcoming Atom tablet chip code-named Bay Trail will be repurposed for use in the company’s Celeron and Pentium chips for entry-level laptops, desktops, and all-in-ones, Intel said on Friday.

Intel on Tuesday provided further details about its Atom N570 chip and said netbooks with the processor will ship later this month. Intel on Tuesday provided further details about its Atom N570 chip ...

The initial concept behind Intel's new Atom low-power chips for mobile devices was not received enthusiastically by senior staff, says Intel's CTO Intel engineers first began toying with a low-power ...

Today, Intel has unveiled its next-generation Atom CPU core. Called Silvermont, this 22nm CPU will power the Merrifield (smartphone) and Bay Trail (tablet) SoCs. With the PC market waning, and ...