(1) (Atom) A family of small, low-power CPU chips from Intel. Atom provides x86-based computing in low-cost, handheld devices and ultra-compact computers. Introduced in 2008, Atom chips incorporate the Core 2 Duo instruction set and comprise 47 million transistors in a chip footprint of 25 square millimeters. A single 12" wafer can yield 2,500 Atom chips, compared to 600 Core 2 Duos. In addition, Atom chips create a fraction of the heat of a Core 2 Duo.
Centrino Atom
Centrino Atom is the Atom chip platform, which includes an Atom CPU and supporting graphics and wireless radio chips from Intel. See Centrino and netbook.
(2) (Atom) An XML-based syndication format that is used to publish headlines of the latest updates on blogs and Web sites for retrieval by users and other sites. Based on RSS 2.0, Atom was turned over to the IETF for standardization. Most news aggregators support Atom along with the traditional RSS formats. See syndication format and RSS.
Centrino Atom
Centrino Atom is the Atom chip platform, which includes an Atom CPU and supporting graphics and wireless radio chips from Intel. See Centrino and netbook.
(2) (Atom) An XML-based syndication format that is used to publish headlines of the latest updates on blogs and Web sites for retrieval by users and other sites. Based on RSS 2.0, Atom was turned over to the IETF for standardization. Most news aggregators support Atom along with the traditional RSS formats. See syndication format and RSS.
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