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Vendors to show off CULV based notebooks at Cebit

by on24 February 2009


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Thin, light, and hopefully cheap


Asustek, MSI,
and possibly HP, are gearing up to showcase their first Intel CULV (consumer ultra low voltage) notebook designs at Cebit 2009.

Intel's new platform takes aim at the emerging thin and light market segment, and the company reportedly has about 20 different iterations of the CULV platform.

MSI has already shown off its X340 MacBook Air clone, and it is said to be working on another CULV based notebook, the X600. Unfortunately, we have no details on HP's or Asustek's designs.

Back at CES 2009, HP launched the DV2, a light and cheap 12-incher based on AMD's Neo platform, and the unit will be available in April. However, the DV2 is the only Neo based notebook design to be announced thus far, and AMD doesn't appear to be getting many design wins at this point.

Intel's CULV could very well hit the sweet spot, by allowing vendors to design serious machines suitable for business users at a fraction of the cost of current thin and light notebooks. In the midst of a recession, affordable business notebooks should do quite well.

Netbooks just can't cut it, but these CULV based notebooks will be proper notebooks with proper CPUs and screens, not 10-inch toys powered by pathetic CPUs designed for MIDs.

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