28.04.2013 [15:19], Dmitry Myakin
As we remember, summing up the first quarter of 2013, the head of Intel Paul Otellini (Paul Otellini) said that thanks to the new generation of mobile processors Atom microarchitecture Bay Trail, built on 22nm process technology, the cost of laptops will drop to $ 200 . But then he did not elaborate on what exactly was discussed laptops.
Only now vice president Dadi Perlmutter (Dadi Perlmutter) brought clarity to the subject, saying that the 200-dollar laptops for Atom chips for the most part will be using the OS Android. Notably, these words came after less than a week after scoring Intel plans to push the notebook market, Transformers running Android.
Thus the question is whether laptops with Windows 8 to be in this price range, Dadi Perlmutter said that everything will depend on the pricing policy of Microsoft. And last, according to rumors, is going to make a significant discount OEM-partners that produce devices with Windows 8 and Office 2013 pre-installed.
This means that in the second half of the year we find a very fierce fight on the notebook market in the lower price segment. Well, mainly those in wins, will be Intel. Already, the company forecast that in the second half of 2013 PC demand will rise again due to the emergence of innovative devices.
However, in some only in PC & Laptop Intel does not hope. Currently in its plans had been release chips for LTE-modems and presentation of mobile SoC with integrated chip-level LTE-controller designed for use in smartphones.
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