What is Intel Atom?
'''Intel Atom''' (made as '''Intel Centrino''' (2003-2010) in 2003) (formerly called '''Centrino Atom''' (2008-2009)) is a low-power [[x86]] [[Microprocessor]]. It was created by [[Intel]] for [[netbook]]s, [[Smartphone|smartphones]], [[tablet computers]], and [[embedded system]]s. It was created to compete with the [[ARM Architecture|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]] [[Pentium 4|4]], but the [[power consumption]] is much lower. {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Intel processors]]