Matrox launches Intel Atom-powered camera

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Friday, November 14th, 2008

The Intel Atom CPU isn’t just for Netbooks as Matrox’s smart camera proves. It has not only a 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor, but also 256MB of RAM, 1GB of flash storage and a full array of connectivity ports. This marks one of the first devices that the Atom as powered outside of the generally accepted computing market. One has to wonder when we will see more Atom-powered CE devices. It’s an amazingly small, but yet powerful and efficient, processor that is meant to run in all of our small electronics. This device shows just how versatile Intel made the Atom.

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