Intel said that Acer, Asus, Lenovo, and LG all announced new dual-core netbooks on Monday. Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, MSI, Samsung and Toshiba also plan to announce similar plans in the coming weeks or months. The netbook market will therefore take a big step forward. The netbook was introduced in the spring of 2008 using a single-core processor with a display size of 10 inches. It consumes relatively low energy, is inexpensive, and costs about $350.
The general response to its shortcomings is poor performance because all processing tasks are performed by one processor. The performance difference between Atom processor performance and mainstream Core 2 Duo processors and Core i notebook processors also stems from the difference in design. The mainstream notebook processor architecture is different from the netbook processor architecture and its performance is higher. However, only one core of the Atom processor for netbooks has widened the gap between the two.
There are other reasons why Intel Atom processors are turning to dual-core: Low-power dual-core processors from rival AMD have been used in netbooks. The HP 11.1-inch netbook Pavilion dm1z uses the AMD Turion II Neo dual-core processor K625 and the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4225 graphics processor, posing a serious threat to single-core Atom netbooks.
Intel's new dual-core N550 Atom processor clocks at 1.5GHz and supports DDR3 memory.
Although the new netbook will be buoyed, the netbook itself has already encountered its natural enemy, the iPad. Bob O'Donnell, an analyst with IDC, a market analysis agency, spoke about the impact of Apple iPad's growth on the Internet, saying: “The Internet Banking Bank is now going to end its exaggeration.†O'Donnell did not derogate the iPad effect, but For those who want to run Microsoft Windows on a portable device, netbooks are the best choice, and the price is much lower than the iPad. He said: "The netbook price is still lower than the iPad. The application running on the iPad is different from the application on the laptop. Even if the running e-mail, web browsing and other applications are the same, the way users access the Internet and send and receive mail is also different."
Data shows that netbook shipments are much higher than the iPad. O'Donnell expects Intel to sell nearly 20 million Atom processors for netbooks this year, and will sell 15 million or 20 million processors by the end of the year. Intel said on Monday that it has sold about 70 million Atom processors to netbooks so far.
In other words, O'Donnell did not deny the negative effects of the iPad on the Internet, and stated that IDC is adjusting netbook shipment data. Most analysts expect this year's iPad shipments to be between 10 and 15 million units.