Intel Upping the Ante on Atom Screen Resolution
Intel Upping the Ante on Atom Screen Resolution
Posted 07/14/2009 at 6:30am
| by Paul Lilly
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Netbooks might not be getting bigger (or else they'd be called notebooks), but according to Slashgear, the average screen resolution in systems using Intel's Atom N-series chipsets is going up, and with the chip maker's blessing.
"According to HKEPC, Intel has increased the maximum allowed resolution from 1024 x 600 to 1366 x 768, as seen on the recently-announced Sony VAIO W," Slashgear wrote.
As it stands right now, in order to use the higher resolution panels, companies must choose from Intel's Z-series Atom chips, or else forgo the preferential N-series pricing. Intel's reasoning for doing this has been to clearly distinguish between a netbook and notebook, but perhaps the company is now content to let the physical screen size separate the two segments.
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Denis63
July 14, 2009 at 8:05am
Why do these companies care so much about the difference between a netbook and a notebook? Who cares! just give us better products that we can do more with. -Denis
Paul_Lilly
July 14, 2009 at 10:08am
It's an important distinction for OEMs because of Intel's preferential pricing for Atom chips for qualifying netbooks. If an OEM doesn't meet the requirements for a netbook, as determined by Intel, they end up paying a higher price for the platform.
-Paul Lilly
gatorXXX
July 14, 2009 at 3:28pm
"as determined by intel".....they are a chip maker. They should have NO say in what classifies something. Intel needs to shut thier trap and let OEM's make a product and let us consumers determine what we need.
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