Intel: Atom chips&prices

That's pretty impressive. Keep in mind, of course, that we aren't talking about screaming performance here. They're more like shrunken Pentium M's, which can surf the net just fine (and that's exactly the point) but don't expect to encode DVDs or anything.

New technology is pretty neat in the CPU world as long as you pretend AMD doesn't exist. I've been playing with a 45nm C2D for a while and it's pretty impressive what that thing will do on the number of watts it draws. Not to mention that the price of 65nm quads is heading under $200 as a result. Then there's the prospect of 8 core hyperthreaded chips in the not too distant future. Sounds like a Folder's wet dream.

 

If you don't know how this impacts you or how this effects the future of electronics... you need serious help. If you have a probelm with the links I've attached the PDF's.

https://metcal.corona.navy.mil/metbulpdfs/2006/May.pdf#search=time standard Metrology Bulletin May 2006 Page 6​

https://metcal.corona.navy.mil/secure/getfile_v3.cfm?pa=l9t30Bv1D9$!\^#A1^M-XUE8193)N*M<%1V#LP Metrology Bulletin February 2006 PAGE 9​

A new laser-based method for measuring millimeter distances more accurately than ever before—with an uncertainty of 10 picometers (trillionths of a meter)—has been developed and demonstrated
by a physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology
(NIST). This is akin to measuring the distance from New York to Los
Angeles with an uncertainty of just 1 millimeter. The technique may have
applications in nanotechnology, remote sensing and industries such as semiconductor fabrication.​

https://metcal.corona.navy.mil/secure/getfile_v3.cfm?pa=v9f=X"sVT<V@GKL/[MN1D2B^422YOX2T/4,-F0 Metrology Bulletin February 2007 Page 4​

 

I seem to remember that Z80's and 6502's lacked heatsinks!