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The company is bringing = its=20 second-generation Classmate designs to market and = preparing=20 its Nehalem chips for laptops.

Intel is delving deeper into notebooks this week at = the 2008 Developer Forum in Shanghai, = China, and=20 company executives are talking about several new = developments=20 for both its consumer and business product lines.

One of the more significant updates coming out if = this=20 week's show is Intel's second-generation Classmate PC, = which=20 the company plans to introduce to U.S. and Western = European=20 markets later this year.

Intel has added several new features into this = version of=20 the Classmate that will make it more appealing to = users in=20 these two mature markets, while also allowing the = notebook to=20 make it onto retail shelves, said Jeff Galinovsky, = manager of=20 emerging markets platform for Intel.

The new features include a 30GB of hard disk drive = capacity=20 or the choice of a 4GB flash-based SSD (solid state = drive).=20 The laptop also has more RAM=97512MB compared to the = previous=20 256MB=97than the older models and it will support = Microsoft=20 Windows, as well as Metasys and Ubuntu Linux operating = systems. The Classmate also now offers a nine-inch = display=20 compared to the older seven-inch display model.

The new model will also offer 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, as = well as=20 mesh network capabilities.

The Atom Family

On the processor side, Intel will continue offering = the=20 Celeron M ultra-low volt processor=97900MHz clock = speed=97before=20 it switches to the new class of chips codenamed = Diamondville=20 later this year. This new processor will be part of = Intel's=20 Atom family of processor that company created for a = new class=20 of low-cost PCs Intel called "netbooks." These laptops are also considered a = different=20 category from the mobile Internet devices that Intel = is=20 talking about at this week's IDC.

Since the Classmate is geared more toward the = education and=20 emerging markets, it is considered a subcategory of = these new=20 netbooks, said Galinovsky. The starting price for the=20 Classmate is $185. The new class of netbooks will = start=20 between $250 and $300.

Other vendors, such as Asustek with its EEE PC, are = also=20 entering the low-cost notebook market.

"Several companies, including Asus and OLPC, have = realized=20 that the same system that was designed for the = developing=20 world has appeal in the developed world in price = sensitive=20 segments, such as value demographics and public = education, or=20 as [a] second, third or fourth PC in a household," = said Roger=20 Kay, an analyst with Endpoint Technologies Associates. =

"Businesses are a less likely target for these = types of=20 notebooks, but their not entirely beyond reach," Kay=20 added.

Classmate Beyond Charity

While the Classmate is a rival to the OLPC (One = Laptop Per=20 Child) offering, and Intel remains at odds with the = leadership of=20 the OLPC, the company has clear ambitions for the = laptop=20 beyond supplying notebooks to emerging markets.

Since the Classmate is more of a design than an = actual=20 product=97ECS is the major original design = manufacturer of the=20 notebooks at this point=97it provides both a way to = supply=20 low-cost PCs and give local manufactures, as well as = Intel, a=20 way to make a profit.

Beyond its efforts with low-cost notebooks, Intel=20 executives announced at this week's IDF that the = company's=20 Centrino 2 platform=97formally codenamed = "Montevina"=97will enter=20 the market in June. The new platform uses 45-nanometer = processors and includes a new technology called "Eco = Peak,"=20 which will integrated both WiMax and Wi-Fi technology = into the=20 silicon.

Intel will offer dual-core chips as part of the = Centrino 2=20 platform before moving into quad-core processors for = laptops=20 later in 2008.

Intel also announced a new notebook platform called = "Calpella," which will debut in 2009. This mobile = platform=20 will include the company's line of chips called Nehalem, which will use new=20 microarchitecture.

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