It's raining cheap laptops
Two major Taiwan computer sellers have launched low-priced mini laptops at Asia's biggest computer show on Tuesday, both forecasting the shipment of millions of units this year.
Asustek Computer announced improvements to its successful "Eee PC" family at the opening of the five-day exhibition better known as Taipei Computex.
"We've made some adjustments following the suggestions of users over the past year," Asustek chief executive officer Jerry Shen told reporters, referring to specifications including 23-25cm screens, compared with the 18cm screen of the previous versions.
Intel's Atom chip to ride portable PC wave
Intel says the market for smaller, low-cost personal computers, some of which can fit in one's pocket, could be as big as $US10 billion, driven by demand from emerging and matured markets.
The world's largest semiconductor maker has launched its smallest ever processors - the Atom range - to power what it calls mobile internet devices, as well as ultra-small PCs, called Netbooks and Nettops.
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