Yesterday we wrote about Intel's second generation Atom launch plans, and today we found out that the N270 has some six months of life left.

Intel plans to issue a product discontinuation notice in the first week of January 2010, and it will stop shipping the N270 in March. At about the same time, it will introduce the replacement N450, a two chip platform that will enable netbook makers to come up with fanless designs.

As per Z-series parts, they could soldier on for a few months after N270 gets killed off, before being replaced sometime in Q2.

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