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ARM-based platforms to enter netbook market in June
ARM-based platforms to enter netbook market in June
ARM-based platform makers including Qualcomm and Freescale are preparing to launch ARM-based netbooks at Computex Taipei this year, according to sources at netbook makers.
Rumour: ARM-based netbooks later this year
Rumour: ARM-based netbooks later this year
bit-tech.net — Netbooks based on Qualcomm and Freescale's ARM CPUs are rumoured to be scheduled for launch at Computex this year, while the OLPC project encourages Microsoft to code an ARM-compatible version of Windows (more) Rumour: ARM-based netbooks later this year
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Report: ARM-powered netbooks coming in June
The Tech Report: News — ... — 9:51 AM on March 12, 2009 Today, netbooks and Intel's Atom processors are almost synonymous, and netbook makers who eschew the Atom typically pick x86 alternatives from Via or Intel itself. Well, that may change in a few months. DigiTimes reports that Qualcomm and Freescale are cooking up ARM-based netbooks for a launch at the Computex trade show in early June. Quoting "sources at netbook makers," DigiTimes says Freescale will show a system powered by its i.MX51 system-on-a-chip and manufactured by Asus spin-off Pegatron Technology. EE Times reported in January that the ...

ARM-based netbooks to debut in June 2009
DV Hardware — Word is out on the streets that the first ARM-based netbook platforms from Qualcomm and Freescale will be launched at Computex Taipei in June. A model equipped with Freescale's i.MX51 CPU (ARM Coretex A8) and manufactured by Pegatron Technology, and a model with Qualcomm's Snapdragon CPU and manufactured ...

Look for ARM based netbooks in June
TweakTown News RSS Feed — ... have thought the netbook craze would have blown up the way it has. You know it reminds me of the $100 E-Machine craze in the late 90s early 2000s. Almost everyone had a $100 system after E-Machine did. Well this is fever is now moving over to the ARM manufactures as they plan out their very own netbooks. According to Digitimes both Freescale and Qualcomm will be launching netbooks at Computex. Let’s hope that the netbook craze does not end as badly as the $100 PC did. Read more here A model equipped with Freescale's i.MX51 CPU (ARM Coretex A8) and manufactured by Pegatron ...

ARM-based netbooks primed to invade Computex?
Engadget — ... Steppin' out in the world, are we ARM? Shortly after hearing that OLPC was eying the brand for processors in the XO-2, Digitimes is now reporting that ARM-based platform makers including Qualcomm and Freescale are looking to unveil ...

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