Digitimes report that Intel will launch its Atom N570 processor in February. On the Intel website, there is still no mention of this processor – the only processor listed in the N500 family is the 1.5GHz Intel Atom N550.
It is not clear what makes the N570 different from the N550. It will probably have a faster clock speed. Netbook News reports that it will clock at 1.6GHz.

Meanwhile, Lenovo has already announced that the Atom N570 will be one of the processor options available with its IdeaPad S100. Right now, I don’t see any other PC maker announcing a laptop with this processor. However, Digitimes report that Lenovo, Asus and Samsung will all introduce computers with the new processor in March.

In related news, Intel is expected to launch its next-generation Cedar Trail and Oak Trail chips later this year. These processors are expected to deliver a significant improvement over the Pine Trail processors currently powering most netbooks.

Intel is all set to release two new variants of the 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 processor this week. The Atom N455 and N475 have the same clock speeds as the original Atom N450. But while the N450 uses DDR2 memory controller, the N455 and N475 use DDR3 memory controller.