Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Intel's ARM-out plans: Thin and light “Ultrabooks” will be 40 percent of laptops by 2012
Intel executive Sean Maloney is touting a new class of mobile consumer computers called Ultrabooks in a speech in Taiwan today. The company says that 40 percent of consumer laptops will be based on Ultrabook designs by the end of 2012.
BAD HARDWARE WEEK: There is exactly where new Windows 8 fit. Maloney said Intel is benefiting from the mobile era in other ways. He noted that for every 600 smartphones sold, one Intel server is required. And for every 122 tablets sold, one new Intel server is required. These machines, powered by the 22nm Ivy Bridge, will be less than 0.8-inches thick and start at under $1,000 -- which sounds just like the lines we were fed about CULV chips back in 2009. But prices should decline to between $699 and $799 in 2012.
BAD HARDWARE WEEK: There is exactly where new Windows 8 fit. Maloney said Intel is benefiting from the mobile era in other ways. He noted that for every 600 smartphones sold, one Intel server is required. And for every 122 tablets sold, one new Intel server is required. These machines, powered by the 22nm Ivy Bridge, will be less than 0.8-inches thick and start at under $1,000 -- which sounds just like the lines we were fed about CULV chips back in 2009. But prices should decline to between $699 and $799 in 2012.
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