Intel Corporation executive Sean Maloney today said more powerful microprocessors and high-speed WiMAX wireless networks will usher in a new era of the full Internet on mobile devices.
During the opening keynote speech at one of the world’s largest technology trade shows, Maloney also unveiled new chipsets that make high-definition (HD) images on a desktop computer’s screen look more realistic. He also announced the availability of new versions of Intel® Atom™ processors for an emerging class of compact, easy-to-use devices called netbooks and nettops that will bring the Internet to new users.

Intel Technology Helping Industry Address Growth Opportunities

With the emergence of the netbook category this year, Intel believes that this will be the first year that more mobile computing devices will be sold than desktop computers. The company is delivering a variety of high-performance, low-power processors and other advanced computer technologies to help the industry address this opportunity with devices at all price points.
Maloney showed approximately 100 Intel® processor and chipset-based motherboards, netbooks and nettops that computer makers are showcasing at Computex this week. Netbooks are compact mobile devices that children, first-time Internet users and people who desire an extra PC can use for basic computing applications, listening to music, e-mailing and surfing the Internet. They can also be used for playing basic online games, social networking and making voice over IP phone calls.

The new Intel® 4 Series Chipsets will be used in mainstream desktop PCs powered by the latest 45nm Intel® Core™2 Duo and Intel® Core™2 Quad processors. Maloney said people want to store all their HD videos, photos, games and music in one “central library” and be able to access it from portable Internet-connected devices while on-the-go.

During the week of July 14 Intel will also introduce processors and some chipsets for its next-generation mobile PC platform called Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology – formerly codenamed Montevina – for high-performance laptops. Intel’s full line of chipsets and its Wi-Fi wireless product will ship in early August.

Intel has developed an integrated WiMAX/Wi-Fi solution, codenamed Echo Peak that will be available as an option for certain Intel® Centrino® 2 processor technology-based notebook PCs. The company aims to enable initial availability of certain WiMAX-enabled notebook PCs in the United States later in the second half of the year depending on individual computer maker plans and WiMAX network availability, with system and network availability expected to increase in 2009.