AMD finally to join Netbook Processor market. Well, kind of
AMD is working on a processor that is meant for low-cost laptops that will directly rival the Intel Atom platform. Rumor has it that it will consume lower-power and cost less than the Atom processors. However, AMD is still adamant that devices that will be using their upcoming processor will be notebooks and not netbooks.
AMD believes that netbooks with increased capabilities should no longer be called netbooks, but notebooks. He also added that ARM-processors will have a difficult time in the notebook market as they lack ‘software support’. Microsoft Windows OS cannot run on the ARM-based platform and require X86-platform. Linux although can run on ARM-based platform, but it is not as widely accepted as Windows.
So, is the ARM too late for the netbook party?
[via digitimes]
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