Intel will launch three Atom SoCs chips

Intel is currently developing another SoC chip based on the Atom microprocessor architecture. The SoC, code-named Briarwood, is designed for SBB (storage building block) and SAN (storage area network) applications and will be available in the first quarter of 2013.

The Intel Atom "Briarwood" SoC will have two Saltwell x86 processing cores built in, support for Hyper-Threading and virtualization technology, support for single-channel DDR3 memory controllers, and ECC functionality. In order to meet the special needs of the SBB and SAN markets, Intel will add DDR scrambler and memory scrubbing functions to the memory controller and integrate a four-channel Crystal Beach DMA engine that will support RAID 5, 6 and DIF.

Intel will introduce three Atom "Briarwood" SoCs: Atom S1269, Atom S1279 and Atom S1289.