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Intel announced that is actively enter the Tablet PC market, its tablet PCs will use Intel’s low-power processors, including specifically designed for mobile phones as a new generation of Atom processor, code-named Moorestown chips Inspiron 1100 battery.

Previously, communications equipment and systems design company OpenPeak has designed a Tablet PC design, the program code-named Intel’s upcoming Moorestown processor Ling move. It is learned that this is named OpenTablet 7 Tablet PC has a multimedia and video communication with the touch screen, the whole even if only weight 1.15 lbs (about 0.52 kilograms).

Intel spokesman Susie Ramirez said that for the Tablet PC market for low-power, low-cost Atom processor is in terms of growing area. She also said: “But it is not just for the Atom processor in Intel’s product line to adapt to a variety of different types of flat-panel computer design.” But she did not disclose the specific model and details of the chip.

According to reports, had previously demonstrated the use of Moorestown chips some of the smart phone. In January of this year at the International Consumer Electronics Show, Intel CEO Paul Otellini on the display of the use of a Moorestown chips LG GW900 smartphone. Finnish telecom operator Aava Mobile are this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona shows Moorestown chips with a new smart phone products Inspiron 1300 battery, Inspiron 1501 battery.

OpenPeak said it expects to use Intel chips OpenTablet Tablet PC shipments in the second half of this year. Intel has clearly announced that it will release Moorestown chips at the same time.

Market research firm Mercury Research principal analyst Dean McCarron said that in addition to Intel, the Internet most of the other mobile devices a wide range of promotional Atom processor, which is due to continued weakness in the global PC sales, Intel hope, such as tablet PCs and smart mobile phones and other new markets profitable growth. 1 year ago Intel had indicated that, to spend seven billion U.S. dollars in two years, converted factory, for the production of a new market for smaller, energy efficient chips.

Dean said that the tablet PCs and smart mobile phones require low power consumption processor, while the Atom family of processors who want to enter this market is very fit. X86 architecture-based Atom processors are widely used in notebook and desktop area, while the new product Moorestown chips may be the first breakthrough in the traditional notebooks and Internet access to this market and create new market miracle of low-power x86 chips.

Dean also said that Intel’s ultimate goal is not to rule the world, but the rule to rule the world x86, x86 will be extended to as many market segments Inspiron 1520 battery, Inspiron 1525 battery.

However, Intel has faced great challenges from the ARM. ARM processors are currently being used a lot of smart phones, and fast processors so that they extended to the field of tablet PCs. CES Conference in January of this year, many manufacturers using ARM processor on the display of the Tablet PC. Vendors such as Dell and Lenovo have already announced that it will release a Tablet PC based on ARM processors. Apple iPad tablet PC uses a previously considered is to use the ARM architecture, Apple’s A4 processor.

Dean said, ARM has been in the development of tablet PCs and smart mobile phones for low-power chips ahead of Intel products. Although Intel has been trying to reduce the energy consumption of Ling move, but the level still needs to catch up with ARM a few years time.

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