#amd netbook

In an open forum this afternoon about netbooks, an AMD representative confirms they will come out with a netbook-specific CPU in the coming months. The forum was hosted by Cyberpress and attended by the media, various netbook vendors, AMD, Intel and Microsoft. No specific date was given to the launch of AMD's Netbook CPU but it was indicated it could be within the quarter or early first quarter of next year. AMD's position with the netbook market has been constant -- that this is just a "fad". AMD peps likewise downplayed the future of netbooks and predicts the MIDs and mobile devices will take over the fad in the coming years. So, it was a surprise to everybody to hear that AMD is developing the chipset for netbooks. The Everun Note by Raon Digital is probably the only netbook that runs on an AMD Turion 64 dual-core processor. Red Fox is also using the AMD Geode processor for its WizBook laptops. Read more in our articles including "AMD confirms netbook CPU on its way" and "AMD Phenom X4 9950 Benchmark".