It was the 30th anniversary of Computex in Taipei, capital of Taiwan. The computer show will be held till June 5 at the Taipei World Trade Center and the Nangang Exhibition Hall, Zhongguancun.

During the opening keynote at Computex, David Permutter, Executive VP and

co-GM, Intel Architecture Group said, “Based on the 'Pine Trail' platform and on the shelves, mobile Dual core Intel Atom processor will be available before the end of year.”

Netbook is a strong business segment for Intel. More than 50mn Intel-based netbooks sold in the past 2 years.

Intel, on the day, has also announced collaboration with ASUS to bring the first netbook with Intel AppUP Center. ASUS is launching the 'ASUS App Store' and will be the first manufacturer to ship netbooks pre-installed with a client based on the Intel AppUp Center. These netbooks are scheduled to to be in market by the end of current year.