Intel’s New Netbook Chips Promise Faster HD Video
Cheap, small Netbook is to provide a little more powerful. 
Intel this week confirmed it is shipping a new version of the low-power Atom processor for Netbook.
Dubbed Atom N280, the processor, the main improvement is in the high-definition video playback. The N280 is coupled with a GN40 chipset, a hardware-based HD video decoder for displaying 720p HD video.
This seemingly minor upgrade could significantly change the Netbook experience by using the device only in a much more expensive machines to play back videos. A common complaint about Netbook is choppy video playback, and the N280, this issue should be. Heck, you can buy to use as a portable video player – a device between a video iPod and a full-size notebook. (Think about airplanes or family road trips.)
With the N280, the Atom processor is also a slight increase in speed: 1.66GHz compared to its predecessor, the 1.6 GHz Atom N270.
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