Atom vs ARM9

dawydiuk · 2009-07-10T17:30:58+00:00

Hello,We are considering using an upcoming version of the Intel Atom SoC, Ibelieve the current code name is tunnel creek. Anyway, my boss asked me theother day how we could expect the Intel Atom to perform in comparison to acomparable ARM9(same amount of cache, clock, bus to RAM, amount of RAM). Iwas a bit stumped, another engineer said he would expect the Atom to blowaway a comparable ARM9, he said he would expect it to be two to three timesfaster. I'm not familiar with the architecture of the Atom, or what tricksIntel has come up with recently. It's been about five years since mycomputer architecture courses in school. Can anyone done any benchmarks, orcould anyone comment from a theoretical point of view?Regards,Eddie

Atom vs ARM9

Jul 10, 2009 22 Replies

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dawydiuk 17 years ago

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Thats the family of ARM9s I was referring to :)

Regards, Eddie

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Boon 17 years ago

You might find the following articles interesting.

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Intel's Atom Architecture: The Journey Begins Date: April 2nd, 2008

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Intel Unveils Next-Generation Atom Details Date: May 19th, 2009

Wikipedia also provides some information.

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steven 16 years ago

Actually, Intel commits to keeping chips on their "Embedded Roadmap" in production for 7 years. They have an excellent history of meeting this commitment. If you are concerned about long production life, make sure you stick to their Embedded Roadmap devices.

BTW, the Embedded Roadmap XScale CPUs that "lost that market" as you say are still in production as their time isn't up yet.

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