CPU/Mobo Battle of midgets - Atom vs Nano

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When it comes to a sheer performance comparison, the VIA Nano rules and the Intel Atom drools. The Nano is simply superior in so many ways when side-by-side with Intel Atom, but that is more from our “power geek” perspective. From our experiences here, the VIA Nano looks to be much better choice than the Intel Atom in the “mini-note” or notebook market. Conversely, the Intel Atom looks to be best equipped for what it was truly designed for and that is Mobile Internet Devices and Ultra Mobile PCs that are not Windows based. The Atom pulls much less power and is smaller in die size due to its forward-looking 45nm fabrication process and less transistors. The Nano we looked at here consumes up to 5X more power (25 watts TDP is spec) and is huge compared to Atom (63mm² vs. 25mm²). As you can see on the linked slide though, VIA has plans for Nano all the way down to 5 watt TDP power envelopes so it will be very interesting to see how Atom and Nano compare at lower speeds and wattages.

When I go to buy my next Ultra-Compact notebook, and I have carried Sony UCs since 1998, I will surely give some of the VIA Nano solutions a look. I could likely purchase 3 VIA Nano notebooks for what one Sony costs me now with a single core Intel processors at a whopping 1.3GHz. On the other hand the Intel Atom has exhibited that it has more than enough performance to do whatever tasks most UMPCs or Mobile Internet Devices will need. I am just not sure I need a UMPC when I already have a Blackberry and an Ultra-Compact notebook.
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Man, just see the beating Intel's tiniest chip gets at the hands of Via's mightiest CPU :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[H] Enthusiast - Intel Atom vs.VIA Nano
 
I read a preview of both the atom and the nano sometime ago. Even though it wasn't a details review, the author clearly mentioned that the nano seemed much better than the atom on paper, and real life performance. Will try to get hold of the link.

And yea, imagine Intel waking up to a bad dream. This is pretty close to it!
 
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