Whereas the PGM can deliver 100, 000 bases of DNA code in a two-hour time frame, plus sample preperation, the MiSeq can deliver 250, 000 in eight hours, including prep time.
Over the next two years, the Atom lineage will catch up with its larger brethren, first with the launch of a 32nm Atom, code named Cedar Trail, which will sample this year and ship in volume in 2012, and then with a 22nm part, which will ship in volume in 2013.