Posted on Friday, July 24 2009 @ 2:05 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
DigiTimes
reports Intel's Atom N270 processor is expected to prop up the netbook market in the second half of this year, as the launch of the Atom N450 will be delayed to Q1 2010.
Intel's Atom N270 CPU is expected to continue playing the major role in the netbook market in the second half of 2009 as the launch of its successor the Atom N450 will be postponed to the first quarter of 2010, according to sources from notebook makers. However, Intel has responded saying it has not announced any change to its schedule and plans to start shipping Pine Trail (Pine Trail-M) later in the year.
Although netbook players received engineering samples of the Pine Trail platform from Intel as early as June, with the price of platform (US$64) still a lot higher than the Atom N270, players remain conservative on launching related netbooks in the second half.
