14 DAY TRIAL // In September of this year, Intel introduced its desktop version of the Cedar Trail platform that is comprised on the Atom D2500 and D2700 processors, and in the first quarter of 2012 the chip maker is expected to expand this series with a third CPU, dubbed the Atom D2550.
The chip was uncovered in a leaked Intel slide spotted by CPU-World and from what we know it will take features from both the Atom 2500 and Atom D2700.
As a result, the chip will feature two processing cores paired with 1MB of L2 cache memory and operates at the same 1.86GHz frequency as the D2500.
Similar to the D2700, theCPU will also pack support for the Hyper-Threading technology, as well as its integrated graphics controller that boasts higher clock speeds than the one found in the D2500 together with Blu-Ray 2.0 decoding.
The TDP will be set at the same 10W as the other two Cedarview-D processors Intel launched so far.
The Cedar Trail platform is comprised of the Cedarview processor and the NM10 chipset, which is the same controller logic used by Pine Trail.
These are the first Atom processors to be built using the 32nm fabrication process and feature a unified architecture that packs both the computing cores and the graphics core on the same die.
Speaking of the computing cores, these use the same design as their predecessors, but the operating frequencies have been increased in order to allow for better performance.
More important changes were brought on the graphics front, where the CPUs have gained hardware decoding support for MPEG2, VC1, AVC, and H.264 Full HD content as well as other formats.
The report doesn’t mention a release date for the mobile version of the Cedar Trail platform which apparently was postponed to Q1 2012 due to a series of problems with their graphics drivers.
