Qualcomm Enters Netbook Market

Category: Mobile
Posted: November 13, 2009 06:15PM
Author: CheeseMan42

The Snapdragon ARM processor from Qualcomm is coming to Lenovo netbooks. The netbook will be available through AT&T, and is built around the 1GHz Cortex-A8 core. The system is being referred to as a smartbook due to the low power ARM chips that power them. The smartbook will run a custom Linux distribution and will have a long battery life. Several other manufacturers are rumored to be designing ARM smartbooks featuring both the Snapdragon and Nvidia Tegra. The smartbook will be launched at CES, so the OCC members in attendance may be able to get their hands on it.

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