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Did we hear it correctly? Asus, who has released enough netbooks to put my family line to shame, alongside Acer will freeze netbook releases at least until the middle of next month according to Digitimes. One of the main reasons would be to clear their inventory before the Atom N550 processor which is meant to be released in Q3. Intel intends to rol out the dual-core Atom N550 processor sometime in the third quarter so that netbooks will be faster and better, but the processor’s $11 to $22 price gap with the current Atom N455/N475 is a factor in stopping netbook brands from developing the related products.
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