Intel is launching the biggest makeover of the Atom processor since the seminal chip debuted in the spring of 2008, and consumers can expect a crush of new Netbooks to follow.

Intel said there will be more than 80 new Netbook designs–typically priced around $350–on the way, with systems coming available by January 4.

The Pine Trail design squeezes the graphics function, previously on a separate chip, onto the central processing unit, or CPU, a first for Intel. The result–by decreasing the number of chips from three to two–is a reduction in the overall chip package size by 60 percent.