• Financial Times, Wednesday, April 2, 2008 11:45 AM

Intel is launching five new Intel Atom processors that it says will drive a new category of computers known as Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) that can be focused on functions, such as navigation, communications, entertainment and productivity applications. The low-power microprocessors are expected to lead a renewed assault on the mobile phone market.

Intel sees a $40 billion market being created by 2011 for MIDs, low-cost PCs, Internet-enabled consumer electronics and embedded devices, such as in-car systems. A second-generation Atom chip, expected in late 2009, will be aimed at smart phones.
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"We will change the way consumers will come to know and access the World Wide Web," says Anand Chandrasekher, head of Intel's Ultra Mobility Group, in describing the launch as a historic day for Intel and the high-tech industry.

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