In other words, for OEMs less than enthusiastic about touch displays for laptops, you will be forced to either begrudgingly add touch or may be bumped down the supply ladder when it comes to Intel's latest and greatest upcoming Ultrabook-aimed chip -- the new 22 nm architecture Haswell (a "tock" release).Source: DailyTech
Thus Intel appears to be following an approach similar to Microsoft's with Windows 8 -- shoving innovation down the throat of the market.
Intel makes touch requirement for ultrabooks, promises $599 models
Posted on Tuesday, January 08 2013 @ 13:02 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck