Intel Unveils Chromebooks Based on Latest Laptop Chips
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Intel Corp. showed off a new lineup of Chromebooks that use its latest laptop processors, as the world’s largest chipmaker strives to gain ground in one of the few growth areas of the personal-computer industry.
At an event in San Francisco today, Intel said Chromebook manufacturers including Dell Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Acer Inc. are using its low-power Bay Trail and higher performance i3 chips. The laptops have Google Inc.’s Chrome operating system rather than built-in software from Microsoft Corp., and customers access tools from the cloud -- online programs that include Google’s own word processing, e-mail and spreadsheets.