The Register is reporting that AMD CEO Dirk Meyer has let the Bobcat out of the bag - so to speak.

Apparently AMD intends to sell a chip, codename Bobcat, for nettops and other low power consumption / low performance boxes.

Past leaks about the Bobcat suggest the following feature set:

• single Athlon core
• 128KB of L1 cache
• 256KB of L2 cache
• 800MHz (1600MHz effective) HT link
• DDR2-800 support
• 8W TDP
• 812-pin 27mm2 BGA package
• 1GHz

If Bobcat is really a shrunk Athlon, it should give the Atom a run for its money.