Intel has introduced four new versions of its Atom processors and two new system controller hub additions on March 2, adding to the chip giant's growing embedded product lineup, which includes smartphones. The Intel Atom processor is the company’s smallest microprocessor. Intel has introduced four new Intel Atom series processors for multimedia smartphones, wireless embedded devices and other infotainment junctions. By extending the small Atom processors to embedded industries for purposes such as in-vehicle infotainment, industrial control and automation, and media phones, it believes it can insert itself strategically into the growing market for embedded products, which require low power usage and the ability to operate smoothly in unconstrained thermal environments.

Those Intel Atom processors designed for in-vehicle systems will be paired with the Microsoft Auto software platform, designed to provide drivers with features such as mobile device integration and speech recognition. The new products will be available in the second quarter of 2009.

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