An AMD-based Netbook? Maybe, maybe not.
On Thursday at an analyst meeting, AMD disclosed “Yukon” and “Congo”–the names that AMD is giving to its silicon technology, due in 2009, that will target the “ultraportable” market. (The meeting was streamed live from the event.)
The company is being very careful to parse this as a more full-featured ultraportable PC play not a strict Netbook play.
The ideal ultraportable form factor is a MacBook Air-style design: very thin with a 13-inch screen, according to AMD spokesman John Taylor. In short, AMD is not offering an enthusiastic endorsement of the Netbook market. “The target is the slim form factor with a larger screen. Not a 10- or 11- or 12-inch screen,” Taylor said. He quickly added that smaller Netbook-style designs may appear but repeated that this is not the emphasis.
This article also has AMD roadmap that shows future Conesus and Geneva ultraportable chips.
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