We have already told you that Intel plans to release a dual Atom for netbooks and now we have a few more details. The brand name that should surface in Q3 2010 is Atom N550 and the 500 series branding denotes a dual-core.

The distinction is obvious as N400 series will remain single-cores, while N500 series are dual-core. The dual core Atom for netbooks is clocked at 1.5GHz, it has 1MB total L2 cache, 2x512KB per core and two cores with four hyperthreads.

The TPD for this CPU is 8.5W which is two watts more than single-core 1.83GHz clocked N475. Remember, 8.5W is not that bad as this CPU has a Intel Graphics Media acceleration 3150 based core, integrated 200MHz graphics core and the big parts of northbridge.

The other day, Intel's VP Mooly Eden said that some multitasking operating systems might need a dual core CPU, something that might be quite good for the future tablet CPU.

If you simply go a few weeks back, you will that what we posted here, matches the article we just posted and double-confirmed.