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Intel hardware not up to their fabs...

Intel hardware not up to their fabs...

Posted Sep 3, 2008 18:27 UTC (Wed) by jlokier (guest, #52227)
In reply to: Intel hardware not up to their fabs... by HalfMoon
Parent article: Intel acquires Linux mobile developers for Atom (ZDNet UK)

Last time I looked, you could get lovely fast, cheap Atom motherboards from Intel with no heatsink or fan on the CPU.... but a massive one of each on the Northbridge.

They'll need to replace that Northbridge before it's suitable for silent, or low-power, or fan-incompatible applications.


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