Intel takes on AMD in Chinese Internet cafes
Intel has teamed up with a Taiwanese motherboard vendor to tap China's burgeoning Internet cafe market, on the heels of a similar announcement earlier this year by rival AMD.
Intel China and Elitegroup Computer Systems are taking the battle to system administrators at Chinese Internet cafes, offering the latest version of Intel's network management software designed for Net cafes, as well as motherboards with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo chips on board.
The chip maker's Intel Platform Administrator software, IPAT 3.0 with support for Core 2 Duo, was designed to create a more secure, stable network at Internet cafes, with extras such as game management. The software is the first product developed by researchers at an Intel lab in China, designed for Chinese users, the company said in a statement.
Elitegroup will provide the motherboards.
