Atom powered the netbook boom — cheap laptops that ran Windows or Linux and browsed the web on the go. Developers built lightweight clients and embedded apps on x86Intel's dominant CPU architecture family — the instruction set behind most PCs and servers for decades. at watt counts previously reserved for ARMA CPU architecture family known for energy efficiency — dominates smartphones and growing in servers and laptops.. The line later moved into servers (Avoton) and IoTInternet of Things — networked sensors and devices embedded in appliances, factories, and cities. gateways before smartphones shifted the market to ARMA CPU architecture family known for energy efficiency — dominates smartphones and growing in servers and laptops. SoCs.

Atom created the netbook category and brought x86Intel's dominant CPU architecture family — the instruction set behind most PCs and servers for decades. to ultra-low-power devices.

It expanded the addressable market for x86Intel's dominant CPU architecture family — the instruction set behind most PCs and servers for decades. software into cheap portables and embedded boards.