Intel Releases Atom D2500 and D2700 Processors

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Back in April, we reported the specifications of Intel's upcoming Cedar Trail platform. On Sunday, Intel quietly updated their CPU price list with two new SKUs: Atom D2500 and D2700. These are Intel's first Cedar Trail codenamed CPUs, as well as the first 32nm Atoms. The specifications are the same as what we reported earlier but lets list them anyway:

Intel Atom "Cedar Trail" LineupModelD2500D2700Core/Thread Count2/22/4Frequency1.86GHz2.13GHzL2 Cache1MB1MBMax Memory4GB4GBSupported MemoryDDR3-800/1066DDR3-800/1066Graphics frequency400MHz640MHzTDP10W10WPrice$42$52

There aren't any major compared to what we have already published. The only new bits of info are GPU frequencies, but unfortunately we still have no idea of the architecture, and hence performance remains as a big question. It's not even sure whether DirectX 10.1 is supported, even though we initially reported that it will be. There were rumors of Intel having problems with DirectX, thus it's possible that Intel will be releasing only DirectX 9 capable driver at the release to avoid further delays. 

Intel has not released a press release of Cedar Trail announcement yet, so the official release with more details should be coming in the near future. 

Sources: Intel, Intel

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