Microsoft predicts desktop future
According to Microsoft chief research and strategy officer Craig Mundie, who presented on 26 February at the Goldman Sachs Tech Investment Symposium, the desktop PC is in the midst of a makeover, reports ZDNet.
Mundie told symposium attendees that he believes there is a gap between the laptop and the mobile phone that will be fulfilled by any number of application-specific devices, such as e-book readers and educational tablet PCs.
But there's also a place in the future for desktop PCs, although they won't look anything like the desktop PCs of today, Mundie predicted.
Branded PCs catching up
Hewlett-Packard had a 21% share of India's PC market last year, followed by Indian vendor HCL Infosystems with 13%, and Lenovo with a 10% share, according to data released last week by research firm IDC India, says InfoWorld.
India's desktop PC market is still dominated by assemblers of unbranded PCs. Their share of the desktop market, currently at 33%, has been dwindling as branded players get aggressive on pricing, and are able to reach more small towns in the country, said Piyush Pushkal, manager for PC research at IDC India.
In the notebook PC segment of the market, HP retained the top spot with a market share of 37% last year in terms of unit shipments. Lenovo was at second spot with a market share of 16%, while Acer had a market share of 10%.
Intel plans dual-core Diamondville
Intel's low-power processor, code-named Diamondville, will initially be available as a single-core processor, but the company is planning a dual-core version, said a source familiar with Intel's plans, says InfoWorld.
The dual-core Diamondville will deliver better performance than the single-core version and will be aimed at low-cost desktops, the source said.
The dual-core Diamondville chip takes Intel into the low-cost desktop market to compete with vendors such as Via Technologies, which is providing low-cost processors in desktops priced at less than $300 being sold by Everex.
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