Intel Corp. will reveal more details about its next-generation Intel Atom platform for netbooks and nettops on the 21^st of December ’09 and computers makers will launch actual systems powered by Intel Atom N450 and derivatives on the 4^th of January 2010, just in time to show them on the Consumer Electronics Show.

“Intel is planning for a fast transition to Pine Trail. To generate excitement for the platform ahead of launch, Intel is planning a press release in late December publicly disclosing the details of the platform,” an Intel document seen by X-bit labs reads.

Intel Pine Trail platform includes next-generation Atom “Pineview” processor with improved performance, integrated graphics core, built-in DDR2 memory controller, x86-64 capability, a new core-logic set as well as a Broadcom video decoding processor

According to sources close to Intel, there will be several next-gen Atom “Pineview”chips for netbooks and nettops unveiled:

• Intel Atom N450: single-core with Hyper-Threading support, 1.66GHz, 512KB cache, x86-64, BGA437 package, $63 price-point;
• Intel Atom D510: dual-core with Hyper-Threading support, 1.66GHz, 1MB cache, x86-64, BGA437 package, $63 price-point;
• Intel Atom D410: single-core with Hyper-Threading support, 1.66GHz, 512KB cache, x86-64, BGA437 package, $43 price-point;

Intel did not comment on the news-story.

Tags: Intel, Atom, Pineview, Pine Trail