It appears that almost everybody is talking these days about the overclocking capabilities of Intel's newest Core i7 processors and AMD's upcoming 45nm-based Phenom II X4 CPUs. However, news about an overclocked Intel Atom processor, the CPU that currently powers most of the low-power, low-cost portable computer systems on the market, could be considered equally impressive, as we are talking about a processor that has been specifically designed for systems that aren't required to deliver high levels of performance.

Late last month, MSI announced the release of an updated BIOS for the company's ultra-portable netbook computer system, the Wind. It was exactly this BIOS overclocking tool that was used by Team Australia to overclock Intel's highly successful netbook CPU, the Atom N270, which is shipped with a standard core speed of 1.6GHz. The overclocking platform included the motherboard of an MSI Wind U100 netbook, to which the team attached a liquid nitrogen cooling system, to achieve a core speed of 2.385GHz.

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