Intel plans to start the production of the faster Pineview-M processor branded as Atom N470 in mid January.

Intel is already producing soon to launch Atom N450 processors that are clocked at 1.66GHz and N470 comes with a 1.83GHz speed and should be available later in Q1 2010.

We still don’t know the exact launch date, but it should be probably at some point in February. However, since it will sell for some $20 more than the N450, it might not be so popular after all.

Intel always had a faster breed of netbook Atoms that never found a home in many netbooks, simply as they were too expensive for the Taiwanese sense of taste.