Intel Jumps on UMPC: Will the Video iPod Become Endangered?

By Rob Enderle
April 18th, 2007

In Beijing this week, Intel is showcasing a massive number of technologies that will come to market over the next couple of years. From processors that are so enhanced you won’t need separate GPUs, CPUs, or Physics chips, to massively multi-cored offerings that can outperform a company full of PCs, Intel has been putting the world on notice that they are back, baby, and are planning on taking no prisoners. However, one of the most interesting offerings is their renewed roadmap for the UMPC. This is a product which was, like the first MP3 players, widely criticized as being both too small and too big; too small to be a serious laptop and too big to be a media player. Well, Intel has listened, and they are showcasing prototypes (some of which could eventually be built by Apple) that take the UMPC right into the face ...

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