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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Shortage predicted for Intel Corp’s new chip, Atom
Early demand looks strong for Intel Corp.’s Austin-designed low-power processor, code-named “Silverthorne.” Pictured right are three leaders of the Silverthorne design team.
Intel has branded the new chip “Atom,” and plenty of electronics companies are making plans to use it in new, smaller and low-power laptop computers and hand-held Internet-access devices.
Asustek of Taiwan, which already has made a hot-selling small notebook, says it expects a “severe shortage” of Atom chips this summer because so many personal computer makers have product plans involving the chip, according to a story in the Financial Times.
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Balmer, the new poster boy for Apple
I don’t know. Is this really worth the attention of the Blogosphere?
You bet it is. This photo of a Steve Balmer graphic presentation using a MacBook is better propaganda than just about anything.
It’s posted on Flickr.com, and the comments with it range from “no way” to “I knew it” to “nice Photoshop.” One person who claimed to have attended the conference in Belgium where the photo originated said the laptop was there already and had been used by other speakers.
Still this is as good as the Apple vs. PC commercials on TV:
And here’s a comment from the Fakestevebalmer.com site: “C’mon people! Does anybody in their right mind believe that I would set foot on a stage where my presentaion was being run from a Mac? Gimme a break!”