Intel is changing its direction and committing more and more engineering resources to the tablet market. After Apple shipped its iPad it became obvious that tablet market got its second birth and there is a strong potential for this market to grow and maybe even outgrow PC market.
At this moment most of the tablets are based on the ARM architecture. To change that and get more presence in this space Intel is going to work with tablet vendors to introduce several tablets based on Intel Atom platform. Specifically Intel is talking about “Pine Trail” dual-core platform. Devices based on this platform are expected to be 50% percent thinner than any netbook on the market today (except an iPad probably which is already 13.4mm in thickness). For example “Canoe Lake” netbook based on this platform is only 14mm thick which is pretty close to the current ipad 13.4mm measurement. Continue reading Intel Wants To Be a Major Player in Tablet Market