Intel Corp, the world’s top microprocessor maker, unveiled yesterday its new ultra-low-voltage processors for sleeker and more power-efficient laptop computers at affordable prices, saying the ultra-thin laptops would become mainstream in the foreseeable future.
By the end of this year, notebook computers based on Intel’s new Ultra-Low-Voltage Core 2 Duo processors are expected to make up 20 percent of the total shipment of laptops designed specifically for consumers globally, Intel told a press briefing during Taipei’s annual Computex computer trade show.
“Within an ultra-thin laptop powered by Intel’s ultra-low-voltage processors, consumers experience a unique balance of performance and power consumption that is incomparable in the market today — all in a slim, sleek package,” said Mooly Eden, vice president and general manager of Intel’s Mobile Platforms Group.
“And at mainstream price points,” she said.
Intel’s new ultra-low-voltage processors will enable consumer laptop designs less than 2.4cm thick, weighing between 0.9kg and 2.27kg.
Following Intel’s move, many computer makers including Asustek Computer Inc (華碩) are introducing their first notebooks based on Intel’s latest ultra-low-voltage processors to cater to consumer’s growing need for laptops with a longer-battery life and uninterrupted Internet access.
Asustek said its latest ultra-thin notebook outfitted with a 12.1-inch light-emitting-diode backlight liquid-crystal-display screen, will have 8.5-hour battery life and use at least 20 percent less energy than a notebook with identical specifications.
Asustek, which is well-known for making the world’s first netbook Eee PC family, said the ultra-thin series would be the focus of the company this year and next year.
Yesterday, Intel also introduced a next-generation Atom processor, Pine Trail, specially designed for netbook laptop computers after tens of millions of netbooks powered by Atom processor were sold last year.
Intel expects netbook shipments to double from last year in terms of unit.
The US chipmaker said Pine Trail was scheduled to go into production in the fourth quarter of this year and will sport a two-chip architecture versus existing three-chip solution with the processing core and graphics core integrated into a single die.
Global shipments of netbooks are expected to more than double to 23.2 million units this year, from last year’s 11.21 million, Taipei-based Market Intelligence & Consulting Institute (產業情報研究所) projected.
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