Intel Atom - Up to 2.0 GHz at 2.4 W (Z550)

Several independent tests showed that the VIA Nano performs better than the single-core Intel Atom across a variety of workloads.

The Intel Atom is a low-power x86 CPU.

Intel Atom and Via Nano-powered systems are great, extremely power-efficient boxes for typical internet use, word processing, and the like.

The processor was an Intel Atom at 1.6 GHz.

It was, perhaps interestingly, introduced at about the same time as Intel's first "in-order" processor since the P5 Pentium, the Intel Atom.

Intel Atom (x86)

Intel Atom (system on chip)

Netbook device is normally built for CPU that uses lower power, like the Intel Atom.

Processors: Intel Atom Z520 or Z530.