In announcing the recent earnings call, Intel said that the recent performance of mobile processors is particularly conspicuous, especially the Atom processor and related chipsets, the release accumulated so far has brought more than one billion U.S. dollars in revenue.
The third quarter of 2009 fiscal year, Intel processor and chipset shipments have created a new record, of which mobile division revenue increased 19% year on year, Digital Enterprise Group also increased by 14%, Atom platform to reach 415 million U.S. dollars revenue , an increase of 15%, accounting for Intel-quarter of total revenue 4.4%.
With the continued development of the netbook industry, the Atom processor and chipset the history of the total revenue is expected to end in 2009 will reach 13-15 billion U.S. dollars. next-generation Pine Trail platform releases until early next year , which is bound to turn off a new upsurge.
Nevertheless, Intel CEO Paul Otellini is still deliberately stressed that in the mobile domain, mainstream laptop is Intel’s most valued.Netbook is only an auxiliary in nature, and even can be said that kinds of sideline.