Intel announces 'Pine Trail' Atom processors in time for CES; has the netbook grown up? Intel on Monday announced the next generation of its Atom netbook processors, dubbed "Pine Trail," which feature integrated graphics built directly into the CPU, improved performance and a smaller, more energy- efficient design. The announcement comes just before the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show, where new netbooks, nettops and other entry-level systems offering the chips are expected to be announced. The new netbook platform is comprised of the new Intel Atom N450 processor (512K L2 cache; 7 watt total kit TDP) and NM10 Express Chipset. For desktops, it's the Atom D410 (512K L2 cache; 12 watt total kit TDP) or dual-core D510 processor (1MB L2 cache; 15-watt total kit TDP) with the NM10 Express Chipset.
Intel says: One of the most significant features of the new platform is the integration of memory controller and graphics into the CPU, a first in the industry on x-86 chips. The question: Can Intel make netbooks and nettops more than a fad? What is a netbook? Netbook Sales to Boom in 2010: ABI - InternetNews.com. With all the hype surrounding smartphones and tablet computers, it might seem a little odd to talk of 2010 as the year of the netbook.
But ABI Research is projecting that sales of the low-cost, lightweight devices are likely to soar this year. The researchers expect netbook sales to reach 58 million this year, well ahead of the 36.3 million units that sold in 2009, while the tablet market will remain a much smaller market. Hardware Central takes a look at ABI's forecast. Smartphones got most of the attention of IT buyers interested in mobile devices last year, but it also proved to be a positive year for netbooks as well, with 2009 the first full year that the new class of mobile computers had been broadly available. Early last year, ABI Research predicted that some 35 million netbooks would ship in 2009. But netbooks actually sold a bit better than ABI's forecast: About 36.3 million netbooks shipped in 2009, according to figures released by the research firm this week.
The State of Hackintosh: Which Netbooks to Hack. The Netbook Revolution is Over. So What Did You Win? Congratulations! The netbook revolution is over and you won. Monday, Intel announced the general availability of new systems from most major vendors featuring its dual-core Atom N550 processor. The company also shared that it has shipped over 70 million Atom CPUs since it first launched the low-voltage, low-priced platform back in 2008. Yet with so much success has come massive stagnation—and even declines in sales. The problem isn’t that netbooks have failed. To understand where the revolution went wrong, we must go back to its roots.
The OLPC laptops would not run a bourgeois operating system like Windows. However, as with many radical movements, OLPC’s populist ideas didn’t put bread—or in this case, little green computers—on the table. As the OLPC-kevites struggled to gain power and influence among the people, their core ideals were co-opted by the man. During this early revolutionary period, many interesting ideas were floated. Recommended by Avram Piltch Avram Piltch on.