The Atom-powered Galaxy mobo

Intel's Atomic processor has been designed to meet the requirements of small desktop computer systems and sub-notebooks (also known as netbooks). In fact, the increasingly expanding netbook market has been the main catalyst for Intel's impressive sales figures with its Atom CPU. But some motherboard manufacturers have decided to Atom is perfectly suited for other computer systems, which can be built with the help of a full-sized ATX mobo with an Atomic CPU soldered on it.

As mentioned in several of our previous articles, Atom is among the main causes of Intel's CPU successful business in Q2 of this year. Apparently, the company's Atomic business segments will continue to grow, given the increasing demand for more netbooks and nettops system, as well as other small-power computer systems. Such a system could be built on an ATX form-factor mobo, much like the one the guys in Expreview has encountered.

Although no direct evidence that this actually is a Galaxy-made mobo According to the above-mentioned site, depicted the motherboard has been designed by Hong Kong-based manufacturer. By looking at the specifications list, we can say that users should expect a board layout with two memory slots, four SATA ports, a PCI Express x16 slot, five PCI slots and one VGA port on the I / O plate.

One of the most interesting things about the new mobo is the little Atomic processor that is soldered on it. From the overall layout of the mobo, we could say that Atom is fairly similar in size with the CMOS battery. In addition, according to the information published on Expreview, this particular Atom is designed with a core speed of 1.6GHz, while the Board itself is based on 945GC chipset.

No details about when and where the line will become available but in view of the increasing interest in small, low-power, and, ultimately, low-cost computer systems, it's likely it will surface in upcoming ATX computer systems.