Intel company actively improves atom processors from one side, and attempts to draw the attention of users to the more expensive notebook, from other sides. AMD call to ignore netbook . NVIDIA packs enormous means in the development of tegra processors with integrated video core.
Producers and analysts are interested in the market capacity potential for netbook and adjacent devices, and also about the dynamics development of this market.
According to the forecasts of analysts, in the period up to 2014 the sales volumes of netbook will grow to 124% per year in order to reach the capacity 34 ml pieces per year. The market for smart phone and MID- devices, which use predominantly processors with ARM- architecture, will grow to 176% per year in order to reach the capacity 63 ml pieces per year in 2014. In terms of money the market capacity for components, utilized in netbook, MID- devices and smatbook, up to 2014 can reach $9,7 billion.