Atom shortage prompts UMPC delays

by Julian Prokaza
on Mon 07 Jul 2008 Comment

Intel Atom logosIf you're going to build a UMPC, you need Atoms but they could be in short supply, if a report in Taiwan's Digitimes is to be believed.

Production of the Intel processor that's currently fuelling much of the UMPC boom seems to have stalled, if LCD orders are anything to go by. With demand for tiny laptops booming makers of 7 to 10in LCD screens were expecting a bumper July but instead they've seen orders fall...

The conclusion, Digitimes muses, is that other components are holding up UMPC production and, as well as battery shortages, it's pointing the finger squarely at Intel.

That could mean we'll have to wait even longer to see ample stocks of the MSI Wind and Asus Eee 901 arrive in stores. So, with VIA and AMD ready to snap at Intel's heels, maybe it's time UMPC makers split with the Atom...

[ Digitimes]

Originally published on www.mobilecomputermag.co.uk, now incorporated into Broadband Genie
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