AMD may provide CPUs for Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPCs)
Demand for Microsoft?s Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPCs) will really depend on whether technical issues such as excessive power use can be resolved, sources at Taiwan PC manufacturers indicated, who hinted that Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) may also become involved in this potential market. Still a bit too early to call on this one, but anything is possible.
Microsoft?s ?Origami? project fulfills the UMPC concept as a new category of consumer devices and features the Windows XP Tablet edition OS with mobile-ready technologies. Under the project, Intel has reached an agreement with Microsoft to provide its microprocessors for companies that are eyeing the UMPC market, with Samsung Electronics, Asustek Computer and China?s Founder each scheduling volume shipments by the second quarter of 2006.
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