Intel wants to curb prices After
boom, now netbooks
show prices equal or even superior to those of a traditional
notebook.
So read
Intel is reportedly planning to limit sales of its Atom processors to computers that do not exceed 300 euros , ie a price close to
low-end notebooks and a half for netbooks segment.
According
About Notebooks, Intel's problem is simple: profit margins. Sales of notebooks
not stop growing and while the case with the netbooks
-a-faster, the largest chipmaker gets less money with the latter.
Obviously, Intel has
less room in a $ 70 Atom in a Core 2 Duo than $ 200. And this raises that limit to the industry, introducing increasingly sophisticated models.
remember the last release of
MSI and Asus
looking approach to design netbooks, at very high prices for what was in the beginning this segment.
The consistent solution for Intel would introduce more models of dual-core Atom, more expensive, more power, lower ... and more expensive consumer . As always, have to wait and see what happens.