Intel has emerged as market leader in the latest
evaluation of the
worldwide netbook platform arena by ABI Research.
The chip giant beat off competition from Texas Instruments and
Via Technologies the second and third spots in the ABI Vendor
Matrix, an analytical tool developed to provide a
clear understanding of vendors’ positions in specific
markets.
In the matrices, vendors are assessed on the important
parameters of innovation and implementation across several criteria
unique to each vendor matrix.
For the
netbook market analysis, under innovation, ABI examined the
speed with which vendors brought products to market; the
flexibility of their solutions or designs; bundling of WWAN, WPAN
and/or GPS; the use of x86 or Cortex A-8 (or higher) processors;
and the products’ support for 720p HD video.
Under implementation, ABI used the criteria of vendors’
announced design wins; their experience with CE and mobile device
vendors; their experience with PC vendors; whether they support all
PC operating systems; and whether they support all lower level
operating systems
“Today, Intel has key customers shipping products in volume.
x86-based solutions allows netbook vendors the flexibility to
create one product with the option to run Linux or Windows,”
explained ABI principal analyst Philip Solis. “However, we expect
ARM-based vendors to become more competitive here as netbooks
evolve to be much lighter, thinner, and cheaper with longer battery
life, and as consumers come to accept Linux OSs more readily.”
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