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Intel Atom facts for kids

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The Intel Atom (made as Intel Centrino (2003-2010) in 2003) (formerly called Centrino Atom (2008-2009)) is a low-power x86 CPU. It was created by Intel for netbooks, smartphones, tablet computers, and embedded systems. It was created to compete with the ARM CPU. Its performance per watt is still not as good as the ARM, although the overall performance is better. For a given clock speed, the performance is about the same as a Pentium 4, but the power consumption is much lower.

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  • Intel Atom N2800 and NM10

    Intel Atom N2800

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Intel Atom para niños

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