Intel Unveils Desktop Motherboard for Nettops
Offering more choice to entry-level desktop PC users, Intel Corporation today showcased a new desktop motherboard that packs a powerful price-performance value proposition. Running on the newly released 45nm dual-core Intel Atom Processor 330, the Intel Desktop Board D945GCLF2 “Essential Series” is the second generation of Intel’s most affordable and differentiated motherboard that integrates a single unit of compute with a microprocessor, chipset, motherboard and heat sink. Designed to specifically build nettops – a family of affordable desktops purpose built for Internet-centric usage models – the D945GCLF2 targets entry-level computer users in the emerging markets, as second or basic home PCs for mature markets, or customized for unique vertical usage models such as Internet kiosks, thin clients or POS (point-of-sale) systems.
We would like to remind you that Atom 330 was supposed to work at 1.6 GHz frequency, and the second core would have caused the TDP to be increased from 12 to 16W for the CPU and i945GSE chipset. Relatively high power consumption and heat dissipation would have made Atom processors suitable only for mini-desktop systems.
