We agree that you will probably not remember ASUS rolling out the Eee PC 1015PEM which boasted an Intel Atom N550 processor. Afterall, its only ASUS just the baby ASUS which cannot be compared with the likes of your favs Dell and HP but this time you got to read it and remember it. HP has also hinted that it might be using the newly launched and already famous Atom N550 processors for its upcoming line of netbooks though HP hasnt yet officially commented on this leak. If the product description of HP Mini 5103�from HPs U.S. website is to be believed then this upcoming netbook from HP will have�Intel Atom Dual core N550 1.5-GHz processor with 512 KB Level 2 cache and 667 MHz front side bus FSB.

The other processor options that HP will be providing for its customers for those who dont want to jump into newly launched processor so soon are Intel Atom N475 1.83-GHz processor and Intel Atom N455 1.66-GHz processor with similar cache and FSB as it was for N550. The Intel NM10 Express chipset will be used to power these baby machines the so called netbooks.

If the initial reactions for Intel Atom Dual core N550 are to be considered then one can easly rely on this newly launched processor. N550 has performed better than single core Atom processors as well as better than dual core desktop class Atom processors. The HP Mini 5103 will cost its customers around $530 though the starting prices are $399.

[via CNET News]