Intel Atom C3000 comes in dual to sixteen-core editions

While Atom left a bad taste in the mouth of the consumer market, Intel is still pushing Atom processors for the IoT and storage markets and this time with more cores than ever before. Whether it's enough to fend off the low-power and efficient ARM-based alternatives remains to be seen, but Intel is not giving up.

Chips in the new 14nm Denverton lineup feature between two and sixteen cores, frequencies from 1.5GHz to 2.2GHz and TDPs starting at 8.5W. Exact specifications of each model haven't been shared but we do know the Intel Atom C3338 will be a $27 dual-core, dual-threaded model with 1.5GHz clockspeed, 2.2GHz Turbo, 4MB cache and a 9W TDP.

Key Features

Thermal design points down to 8.5 watts to enable maximum energy efficiency.

Enhanced performance from 2 to 16 cores and frequencies from 1.5 Ghz to 2.2 Ghz.

Built-in hardware virtualization to enable dynamic provisioning of services as communication service providers extend network functions virtualization to the network edge. Now including Intel® VT-d.

Intel x86 64-bit software support for scalable performance and broad application compatibility.

Integrated Intel QuickAssist technology with up to 20 Gbps of compression/encryption throughput.

4 x 10 GbE integrated Intel® Ethernet to enable high-speed connectivity to the network.

Error-correcting code (ECC) memory for data integrity and system reliability through automatic data correction.

Flexible I/O lanes providing up to 16 SATA 3.0, 16 PCIE3, and 4 USB 3.0.

Extended temperature range and long-life support for dense network, storage, industrial IoT and autonomous driving environments.

DPDK (Data Plane Development Kit) helps to develop efficient applications for networking workloads.

SPDK (Storage Performance Development Kit) helps to develop efficient applications for storage workloads.

The Atom C3000 is expected to be available by mid-2017. Intel's C2000 series was recently in the news as a hardware bug seems to be causing early failures of devices with this Atom lineup.



At the same time, Intel also announced its first Gigabit LTE modem, the XMM 7560. This 14nm model supports Cat 16 LTE and adds support for the CDMA network technology. Mass production is expected in the latter half of this year.