Taiyo.uk wrote:Ed wrote:The TDP of the GMA X3xxx series, even the GM965 laptop chip at 13.5W, is over three times that of an Atom CPU...
I'm not necessarily implying one of the existing chips, but seeing how many EeePC's Asus builds, Intel could repackage an existing chipset in a more EeePC specific, low power envelope design.
On the desktop Atom boards the chipset does use more power than the CPU, hence why it has a fan while the CPU is passive.