Intel D2500HN Pro Reviews

Preparing the Cedar Trail platform to its market release, Intel wanted to rejuvenate its Atom series and lift its functionality up to the modern level. The Cedar Trail was supposed to offer the basic minimum most users want to have from their small and low-power computers. Netbooks and nettops with the earlier Atoms could only get popular by utilizing an Nvidia graphics core together with the Atom. Without that addition, the Atom platform would lose much of its appeal. The success and high sales of the Nvidia ION and AMD Brazos platforms make clear what configurations with energy-efficient CPUs users want to buy. One of the most demanded features is HD video playback but Intel’s default graphics core couldn’t offer this functionality. On the other hand, Intel didn’t want to invite third parties to the development of an up-to-date Atom platform. Thus, the Cedar Trail platform and the Cedarview CPUs were supposed to be a full-featured and Intel-only alternative to the AMD Brazos and Nvidia ION. Intel promised us a lot of innovations in the third-generation Atom (codenamed Cedarview): increased computing performance, a graphics core with hardware acceleration of Full-HD video, increased 3D performance and lower power consumption.