Otellini was excited about Atom, calling demand for the chip” robust,” but analysts pressed Otellini about Atom’s end market and whether the chip would cannibalize Intel’s low-end Celeron processor. The Celeron ranges from speeds of 2.13 GHz to 3.6 GHz, and is faster than Atom’s 1.8 GHz or 1.6 GHz. Otellini’s responses were less than a ringing endorsement of the chip. “[Atom] is less than a third of the performance of our Centrino (high-end mobile processor),” said Otellini. “You’re dealing with something that most of us wouldn’t use".¿Comor? ¿WTF? Pero, ¿qué dice?
Más concretamente
As for cannibalization, Otellini said, “We do not see [Atom] replacing Celeron. If you look at the netbook products being built around Atom, they’re all lower-priced, lower features, smaller screen size notebooks aimed at first-time buyers or the second, third or fourth machine in a household. We don’t see any cannibalization.”Lo mismo es que en Intel han visto que Atom podría llegar a tener tanto éxito como para poner en riesgo a los portátiles de gama baja basados en celeron o algún derivado. Hum... ni por esas. Es un ejemplo de libro de tirar piedras contra tu tejado.
No es de extrañar que Om Malik sea escéptico respecto a los MID. Esta noticia, ya no tan calentita, refuerza los malos presagios de mi post de ayer. :(
