Intel's Atom processor will probably change the mobile world as we know it, but for Intel, it will surely bring in a steady and juicy cash flow for a pretty long period, if the processor manufacturer plays its cards right. Anyway, since there are still some details to be revealed regarding this processor, especially real-life tests, it was a pleasure for me to find out that results of first tests of this processors started to become public, so let's see what should we expect from the Atom...


Unfortunately, we didn't get out hands on the Atom yet, but those at VR-Zone.com did, and the movie above shows the Little Falls ES mini-ITX solution in action, powered by an Intel Atom processor based on the Diamondville core, with a clock speed of 1.6Ghz, and featuring the Hyperthreading technology.

Incorporating for the first time its own chipset into a mini-ITX solution, it seems Intel managed to pull out a good result - with a 7200rpm 80gb hard drive and a SATA optical drive, the Little Falls ES platform only draws a bit over 32 W... Now, that's what I call energy efficient PC!