Intel has announced plans for an online app store for the
Intel Atom processor to help boost the popularity and sales of
a variety of netbook computers based on the chip.
The move is part of
Intel's strategy to boost personal computing devices based on
its technology to become the netbook chip supplier of choice,
according to
US
reports.
The initiative - backed by Acer, Asus, Dell, Adobe and Microsoft
- was announced at the Intel Developer's Forum (IDF) in San
Francisco.
Intel said these suppliers have committed to port their run-time
environments to the Atom platform. The company is also hoping to
see
JavaFX ported in the future.
Paul Otellini, chief executive at Intel, told IDF attendees that
Intel's goal is for developers to be able to write an application
once and have it run on any device based on Intel's
architecture.
Intel will provide tools for developers to build on the Atom
platform for both Windows and
Intel's Moblin Linux-based operating system, he said.