Intel Tries to Keep Netbooks Alive With New Atom Chips - troupeheith1981

Intel happening Wednesday started shipping the latest Atom chips for netbooks, an important gradation to sustain ontogeny of the low-growing-cost PCs in the inflame of the tablet barrage.

The dual-core chips, part of the political program code-titled Cedar Trail, bring better battery life and general improved functioning to netbooks, Intel said in a statement. Crest PC makers, including Hewlett-Packard, Acer, Lenovo, Toshiba, Asus and Samsung testament send netbooks with Cedar Trail chips beginning in Jan starting at US$199.

Intel has doubled nontextual matter performance on the chips while reducing power consumption by up to 20 per centum compared to Atom predecessors introduced 2 years ago, the company said. The new chips will help netbooks provide upfield to 10 hours of battery life on one charge, Intel same.

Intel introduced the Cedar Trail chips in the lead of the Consumer Electronics Indicate in Las Vegas Jan. 10-13. Intel is expected to talk about its latest chips for smartphones, tablets and PCs at the sell show.

Cedarwood Trail chips are an important footmark in Intel's efforts to improve netbooks, which have got been damaged past growing postulate for tablets such as Apple's iPad. An Intel spokeswoman said that while twist makers can position Cedar Trail chips in tablets, most of the company's customers are opting for Intel's upcoming Medfield or Clover Drag tab chips for tablets.

Intel is retaining a positive outlook for netbooks, despite the menace from tablets. While netbook shipments have dropped in the U.S. and Hesperian Common Market, the market is healthy in developing countries such Eastern Samoa India and China, Intel said.

The new chips allow netbooks to child's play dorsum high-definitions and support for HDMI (high-definitiion multimedia system port) ports along the chipset volition allow netbooks to be hooked up to high-definition TVs. Other features include wireless presentation technology to beam Personal computer images wirelessly to TVs.

The new chips admit Atom N2600, which runs at 1.6GHz and draws 3.5 watts of power, and the N2800, which runs at 1.86GHz and draws 6.5 Isaac Watts of power. Intel in September introduced True cedar Trail chips for affordable desktops.