Intel doesn't use the Atom name any longer, at least not officially. Is it anywhere in this slide deck? As for Pentium/Celeron, P/C Silver is Atom-based, Gold is Core, and that applies even to the newest product stack (Intel even launched updated Goldmont Plus Gemini Lake Pentium/Celeron chips just a few days ago, topping out with the J5040 and N5030: https://www.techpowerup.com/260374/intel-gemini-la... Confusing? Absolutely. But nothing has changed since the (admittedly stupid) gold/silver branding was introduced.
Maybe get your eyes checked? This while article is about the Tremont uArch, so are the slides. Gemini Lake is old news, doesn't matter what "new" product Intel releases. Intel had Atom on their roadmap as late as last December.
BUT, their May investor meeting failed to disclose what brands Lakefield will be under. So as far as the general public know. Atom is still alive in ultra low-power Server SoC and embedded SoC space.
There hasn't been an atom branded mainstream (desktop, laptop or tablet) processor strarting with goldmont; only server, embedded and automotive parts, and starting with goldmont plus there is none whatsoever.
What I meant to say is, while atom branding is not dead, intel has moved away from using it for the products facing the mainstream consumers. It's all pentium and celeron.
I doubt they'd bring it back for lakefield, which even uses a single "big" sunny cove core.
Gah anandtech needs to join the year 2000 and add an edit button. The atom CPU I have seen used is the atom e3900. Yes it is technically an embedded part, but it is also used by consumers for various projects, including home theater applications and the like.
Depends on what you use them for. I have a box I built at least 7 years ago, so whatever Atom was current - I think it was the first one to have 2 cores. I ran Linux on it, mostly for controlling my model railroad. It was plenty fast enough, even with a slow hard drive and just 2GB RAM. I couldn't stream video to it, but music was fine, and it ran both the control program as well as a 2D CAD program to design track plans. Not every task a computer does requires insane speeds. There's a whole lot more than just gaming.
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Valantar - Friday, October 25, 2019 - link
Intel doesn't use the Atom name any longer, at least not officially. Is it anywhere in this slide deck? As for Pentium/Celeron, P/C Silver is Atom-based, Gold is Core, and that applies even to the newest product stack (Intel even launched updated Goldmont Plus Gemini Lake Pentium/Celeron chips just a few days ago, topping out with the J5040 and N5030: https://www.techpowerup.com/260374/intel-gemini-la... Confusing? Absolutely. But nothing has changed since the (admittedly stupid) gold/silver branding was introduced.levizx - Sunday, October 27, 2019 - link
Maybe get your eyes checked? This while article is about the Tremont uArch, so are the slides.Gemini Lake is old news, doesn't matter what "new" product Intel releases. Intel had Atom on their roadmap as late as last December.
BUT, their May investor meeting failed to disclose what brands Lakefield will be under. So as far as the general public know. Atom is still alive in ultra low-power Server SoC and embedded SoC space.
eddman - Sunday, October 27, 2019 - link
There hasn't been an atom branded mainstream (desktop, laptop or tablet) processor strarting with goldmont; only server, embedded and automotive parts, and starting with goldmont plus there is none whatsoever.eddman - Sunday, October 27, 2019 - link
*No edit function*What I meant to say is, while atom branding is not dead, intel has moved away from using it for the products facing the mainstream consumers. It's all pentium and celeron.
I doubt they'd bring it back for lakefield, which even uses a single "big" sunny cove core.
eek2121 - Monday, October 28, 2019 - link
Not true, Apollo Lake showed up in an SBC form factor. That is goldmont + gen9 iGPU.eek2121 - Monday, October 28, 2019 - link
Gah anandtech needs to join the year 2000 and add an edit button. The atom CPU I have seen used is the atom e3900. Yes it is technically an embedded part, but it is also used by consumers for various projects, including home theater applications and the like.eddman - Monday, October 28, 2019 - link
Such devices are not mainstream.Namisecond - Friday, November 1, 2019 - link
You're talking the uarch. The person you're talking to is talking about the Atom brand name.rrinker - Thursday, October 24, 2019 - link
Depends on what you use them for. I have a box I built at least 7 years ago, so whatever Atom was current - I think it was the first one to have 2 cores. I ran Linux on it, mostly for controlling my model railroad. It was plenty fast enough, even with a slow hard drive and just 2GB RAM. I couldn't stream video to it, but music was fine, and it ran both the control program as well as a 2D CAD program to design track plans.Not every task a computer does requires insane speeds. There's a whole lot more than just gaming.
1_rick - Thursday, October 24, 2019 - link
They're good enough for things like NASes.