Intel confirms short supply of Atoms
BY THE TIME you read this, Intel will have fired off its keynote salvo at the aggregated masses attending Computex 2008. However, Intel held a telephone conference call yesterday highlighting their big crowd-drawers for the duration of Computex 2008 – so now we can tell you what’s going on before they do.
To those who were expecting juicy details on upcoming platforms like the Centrino 2 marchitecture or Nehalem, let it be known that you’ll be left sucking on your thumb. The conference call was a low-key affair with but a few references to amply divulged material like the Atom (which is officially launched today at Computex), the 4-series chipsettery, WiMAX updates and Anand Chandrasekhar’s Mobile Internet Devices keynote. Over the phone, Intel spokespeeps claimed that Centrino 2 will be so big it will warrant its own launch event lest the message be lost in the background noise of buzzing motorcycles.
