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Mainstream notebook production to migrate rapidly to dual-core models
Celia Lin, Taipei; Steve Shen, DIGITIMES [Monday 22 May 2006]

Notebooks are expected to almost completely migrate to dual-core processors in 2007, as Intel and leading makers jointly push up the proportion of dual-core models shipped starting in the second half of this year, according to industry sources.

Intel plans to boost the proportion of dual-core notebooks to 90% of the total by the fourth quarter of this year and to 95% in the first quarter of next year, according to sources at Taiwan notebook makers, who have seen Intel's latest roadmap.

The move indicates Intel's determination to accelerate the transition to dual-core and even multi-core notebook models in 2007 and beyond, the sources said, noting that, with the exception of special models for emerging markets such as the US$100-laptop project launched by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), all mainstream notebooks will be dual-core models.

Intel had originally planned to have dual-core notebooks account for 50% of notebooks by the end of the first half of this year, with the proportion to top 85% by the fourth quarter, the sources noted.

Most Taiwan notebook makers are positive that the share of dual-core notebooks will pick up in the second half of this year as Intel has targeted, the sources stated.

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