Comments on: Does Intel Know What It Wants From Atom?

By: MWC: Intel Takes on the Mobile Internet Device | The Click

MWC: Intel Takes on the Mobile Internet Device | The Click — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:48:18 +0000

[...] a bit odd given the potential it has to cannibalize netbook sales, not to mention evidence of the chipmaker’s ambivalence toward the form factor. However, an Intel/LG MID would be a huge step for Intel because it takes its Atom processor beyond [...]

By: MWC: Intel Takes on the Mobile Internet Device

MWC: Intel Takes on the Mobile Internet Device — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:01:30 +0000

By: Around the world in 20 years » Indian Telco Offers Free Netbook With a Wireless Contract

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:34:31 +0000

[...] new offer holds hope for Intel specifically. It can help the chip giant find success for its Atom-platform and turn it into a new engine of growth. ABI Research projects that there will be 200 million [...]

By: Indian Telco Offers Free Netbook With a Wireless Contract - GigaOM

Indian Telco Offers Free Netbook With a Wireless Contract - GigaOM — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:27:57 +0000

By: AMD Won’t Offer Netbook Chips - GigaOM

AMD Won’t Offer Netbook Chips - GigaOM — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:36:00 +0000

[...] — AMD isn’t going after the mobile Internet device market that Intel and other chip vendors are eying. AMD’s senior VP and chief marketing officer, Nigel Dessau, told eWeek, “What we are [...]

By: Industry Worries About Impact of ULPCs | The ULPC Scoop

Industry Worries About Impact of ULPCs | The ULPC Scoop — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:37:07 +0000

[...] followed up on the CNet report with their own article “Does Intel Know What It Wants From Atom?” where they note conflicting statements made by Intel regarding the Atom processor. Otellini’s [...]

By: Stacey Higginbotham

Stacey Higginbotham — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:59:40 +0000

I don’t think a shrunken x86 will ever be a great fit for the embedded market, but Intel may prove me wrong. As for the netbooks, Otellini pointed out in the conference call that Atom wouldn’t be good for photo editing or watching YouTube all day. As graphic intense apps take over the web, will the Atom powering an eeePC really offer what most consumers want?

By: Vipin

Vipin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:14:26 +0000

Automotive is going to be big opportunity.

See article:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4732071302.html

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:01:42 +0000

Netbooks are not the same as smartphones, and they do exist – what do you call the Asus eee PC, which has sparked a whole new market sector in a way that the Palm Foleo and Microsoft/Intel’s UMPCs have completely failed to do? The key to netbooks is very low cost, so they are almost an impulse purchase and can easily be used for web applications, surfing and email, wherever you are.

I have a smartphone, laptop and desktop, and I still want a netbook such as the eee. Mostly because my laptop belongs to my employer, and I’d like something I own that is much lighter for when I have a weekend away.

Atom is a good fit for netbooks – there is a little overlap with Celerons e.g. some earlier eee models use Celerons, but increasingly netbooks will use Atom.

By: David

David — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:52:02 +0000

Well if Apple would only cooperate and release an iPhone/iPod Touch Tablet/Slate, that could use an Atom. It would also bury the Kindle.