The Acer Aspire One D255 netbook has a case design that is similar to the case design of another laptop. It is similar to the recently released Aspire One D260. It is known that the Aspire One D255 features a faster processor. This netbook is powered by a 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550 dual core processor (512KB of L2 cache) really supports hyper-threading. This means that Windows could report to you that you have 4 processors even though you don’t. The hyper-threading capability of this processor also gives you a performance boost when you’re doing some processor-intensive tasks. You could also be doing multiple different tasks.
The Asus Eee PC 1015N has one of Intel’s shiny new dual core Atom N550 netbook chips. It is not the only computer taht has these chips. It is possible that we will see an awful lot of mini-laptops sporting this processor soon. Right now it appears that Asus and Acer are the first two companies with products in the works. You can see that Macles has posted details about a new Acer Aspire One D255 netbook. The netbook has the dual core Atom chip.
The Acer Aspire One D255 features a case design that is similar to another laptop. The design is similar to the recently launched Aspire One D260. The main difference between the laptops is the chipset.
Powering the net book is the Intel Atom N550 processor. The processor features dual 1.5GHz cores with 512KB of L2 cache. The processor is like other Atom processors. The N550 supports hyper threading. This means that Windows could report you have 4 CPUs, even though you don’t. It is possible that the hyper threading should give you a bit of a boost when performing some tasks or multitasking.
Acer’s upcoming Aspire One D255 is getting some Internet buzz these days. The netbook will be Acer’s first to be powered by the Intel Atom N550 processor. The D255 is quite similar to the Aspire One D260. The Aspire D2 is the one that sprouted last month. The 10.1-inch netbook will be extra special. It will perform better with that dual-core 1.5 GHz CPU.
Aside from a few design element changes, we’ll probably be seeing a lot of the same internal specifications. The specifications are like the six-cell battery, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and up to 250GB of hard drive space. It is possible that the AOD255 will also support dual boot of Android and Windows 7 like the AOD260.
The Intel Atom N550 sports two cores. The cores are clocked at 1.5 GHz, with 512KB L2 cache each. They supports hyper threading. This results in four threads or virtual cores. It isn't the first dual core Intel Atom. The first intended for netbooks. Both previous models are named 330 and D525. They are designed for desktops and so called nettops. This doesn't stop Asus to build a few netbooks around them. Many think they had little success.
It's quite true that adding a second core improves responsiveness and general desktop performance. This does not solve the main problem of the relatively slow Intel Atom. It is a fact that performance is worse if an application isn't multi-threaded. Each core is being clocked a bit lower than current single core Intel Atoms. Intel tackled this problem in their "i" processors. They added Turbo Boost, which progressively overclocks a core depending on core usage. They also use a few other parameters. It is very unlikely such a complex feature can ever be added to the Intel Atom.
