AMD Athlon Neo to be used for nettops

The Neo chip was designed run lower-end products, like ultrathin laptops that promise full functionality at lower prices than more traditional PCs.

Such systems remain the primary target for the processors. But Bob Grim, AMD's director of client marketing, said that some PC makers are putting the processors in nettops, which are the size of hardcover books, and all-in-one PCs, which incorporate a central processor, a motherboard and a monitor in one box with a mouse and keyboard attached. Many of those systems today run Intel's popular Atom processor.