Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Intel Is Basically Trying to Revive the Netbook


By  in Time
The netbook is dead. Or so says nearly every pundit, analyst and research firm that watches the PC market.
But don’t tell that to Intel, whose next-generation processors will power a wave of dirt-cheap Windows laptops later this year.
“If you look at touch-enabled Intel-based notebooks that are ultrathin using [Bay Trail] processors. Those prices are going to be down to as low as $200,” said Intel CEO Paul Otellini.
The Bay Trail chip is a complete redesign of the Atom micro architecture and is expected to get Atom chips closer to mainstream Intel chips in performance.

Okay, so no one at Intel actually says the word “netbook.” You can’t blame them, given the death sentence the product category has received.
But all the signs are there: sub-$300 price tags (possibly spurred by discount Windows 8 licenses), Atom-based processors and small screens (we assume, given that Atom chips are nearly impossible to find in larger displays). It all seems so familiar.

Read full story @ Time

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