Intel, AMD take battle to ultra-thin laptops (ITNews)

Laptops an inch thick that multitask and edit multimedia content, but cost only USD500? Intel and AMD are betting they aren't too good to be true. The world's thinnest laptops, usually the province of executives and the well-heeled, may this year go mainstream thanks to cheaper but still-powerful processors from the two major chip firms. The flip side? If the less-pricey ultra-thin form takes off, it may eat into revenue and profit for Intel's and AMD's blazing-fast high-end processors, analysts say. Most people would never need the unbridled processing power that advanced, larger processors offer, they say.

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