A "goldmine for Intel" and a treasure trove for Ed Tech
Tom’s hardware just featured a piece on Intel’s Atom processor. While this new low-end processor family for UMPCs and mobile Internet devices has already been well-covered by the media, the most interesting piece of the article related to the cost of the chips themselves: Our source was “skeptical” that Silverthorne [the cheaper of the two Atom incarnations] will in fact be as successful as Intel claims the CPU will be, but noted that “it will be a good cash cow”. Intel is able to put 2500 Atom CPUs on one 300 mm wafer, which would put its production value at about $15,000 to $20,000. Intel should be able to easily hit a 90% yield, which would put the retail value…
