Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has announced that it is shipping several new Atom processors targeted at home media and business storage appliances. Other than its support for DDR3 RAM, the performance of the new Atom processors is also boosted via higher CPU frequencies. The 1.8GHz D425 is a single-core processor, while the D525 is a dual-core chip. The new Atom processors support both Microsoft Windows Home Server and Linux platforms.

The energy-efficient Atom platform is typically used by a large variety of appliances or even as low-end workstations. While Intel did highlight the versatility of the Atom in enabling Internet-connected devices in its press release, it is clear that the chip company has storage vendors firmly in mind. In fact, Intel went as far as to name a number of storage vendors with Atom-based storage solutions, such as Cisco, Synology and Netgear. You can certainly look forward to new devices arriving later this year that utilize the new chips.

For more on this story:
- check out this article at Computerworld
- check out this article at Electronista

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