We've been hearing rumors of AMD's Atom killer CPUs for over a year now. Unfortunately, vapor doesn't help the bottom line -- it does however explain AMD's conspicuous absence from the deluge of netbooks now trumping laptops for shelf-space. AMD's CEO, Dirk Meyer, has promised on a few occasions (as recently as the Q3 earnings call) to unveil "Bobcat" in November. So seeing the chips on display at tomorrow's analyst conference is pretty much a given. Check back then for all the details.
It will be very interesting to see how AMD approaches the netbook marketplace since just about every netbook announced this year seems to feature an Intel Atom processor. Dell, Toshiba, Lenovo, Acer, Toshiba, Asus and HP seem fully on board with Intel’s solution, which makes me wonder who’s going to be the first manufacturer to adopt AMD’s upcoming netbook processor.
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