IC distributors developing white-box notebook reference designs
Some IC distributors are aggressively setting up their own R&D teams to provide reference designs to notebook designers and manufacturers targeting China’s white-box notebook market, which they believe will grow fast, according to industry sources. These IC distributors believe that the white-box notebook market will repeat the success seen in the white-box handset market, the sources noted.
The reference designs can be readily adopted by white-box clients who only need to develop their own chassis, the sources said, adding many module and system makers have expressed interest in white-box notebook reference designs. VIA Technologies’ CPU is adopted in the white-box notebook reference designs due to the cost concern. The first such reference designs are expected to be available in the first half of 2009, with white-box notebooks based on the designs to start shipping by the third quarter, the sources added.
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