Intel has announced a brand new chip set. The Intel Atom. It may be small, But it has a lot of power inside of it. Intel is trying to make a energy efficient processor. The Intel Atom has the smallest transitions inside of it. I think this is very smart. Nowadays energy is being used so much and even though you try to cut back, you are still using it. Making a energy efficient processor may tell people that they need to cut back on energy. The atom is being put into laptops only. It is suppose to help on battery life and help make you get more work done faster with a lower power processor. When I did have a laptop I always ran into the issue of running out of battery. I had to constantly keep it plugged in. But my laptop was fast and I got a lot of work done on it.

The less energy you have to use in a laptop is a very good thing. The battery inside a laptop has to do a lot of work and if you can make the processor work less it takes a lot of work off the laptop. Now slower processor speed does mean slower computer and less chance to get stuff done faster. I really think Intel made a smart choice. I hope it does well and I can’t wait to see the results.