Intel Atom N470 Netbook CPU Coming Soon

Intel AtomBesides the Atom N450, Intel will launch soon the Atom N470 netbook processor.

The 1.83GHz Intel Atom N470 is listed in the specifications of the upcoming Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3 netbook, scheduled for release this month.

Earlier reports say the N470-powered netbooks will ship with up to 2GB of RAM and up to 320GB of storage, which is an improvement over the 1.66GHz N450-based systems with up to 1GB of RAM and up to 250GB of hard drive space.

Both N470 and N450 integrate a single CPU core, Intel’s GMA 3150 graphics, and the memory controller on a single piece of silicon.

The chips are a part of the recently announced Intel Pine Trail M netbook platform.