Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 28th Nov 2008 12:42 UTC
Netbooks are still all the rage these days, but according to Intel, this is going to change soon. The company has stated that they first thought that netbooks, who are almost exclusively powered by Intel chips, would be for emerging markets, but as it turns out, they are especially popular in Europe and North America. Intel claims that while these devices are "fine for an hour", they are not something for day to day use. And AMD? They are ignoring the market altogether.
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2006-07-25
as the above said, x86 is here to stay, not even intel could get rid of x86 (Itanium).
Ive heard that even some mobile phone companys will move over to x86 when it becomes a little leaner with power.
The netbook arena is a tight market because of the costs of the units, which of course is it's biggest seller. It's natural therefore that some companies don't want to get into it. AMD currently has it's work cut out remaining competitive with intel in the desktop and server market, let alone trying to enter another smaller niche market.
Edited 2008-11-28 13:19 UTC