Intel, headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., has Atom Z6 chips with clock speeds of up to 1.5GHz for smartphones and parts clocking up to 1.9GHz ready to go for tablets and other devices.

Intel coined the term "netbook" for small, entry-level Atom-based notebooks. Atom chips are used in a variety of Windows tablets. Available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions, Atom CPUs deliver more ...

These machines, which usually see use in point-of-sale applications and the like, sport a 1.4-GHz Intel Atom processor and a couple of gigs of RAM, and the form factor is just right for tucking ...