Advanced Micro Devices is expected to announce today that it has cracked Intel's hold on the corporate laptop microprocessor market by selling chips to Hewlett-Packard for use in a new business notebook computer.
HP will use the Sunnyvale company's Turion 64 microprocessors in its "Compaq nx'' series of business computers, including a "thin and light'' $999 nx6125 model with a 15-inch screen that makes its debut today. The company said it will give business customers an alternative to Intel-only computers offered by competitor Dell.
"We're going to offer choice in the mobile space,'' said Stephen Schultis, HP's acting director in business notebook marketing.
AMD marketing director Ed Gasiorowski said HP will be the first major computer company to offer a business laptop with Turion 64 chips on a global basis. When AMD launched the Turion 64 family in March, the chips were quickly adopted in consumer laptops.
But Intel's Centrino laptop chips have been strongest in the mainstream business markets, where AMD hasn't been competitive for some time. Roughly 60 percent of all laptop sales are business machines, according to Dean McCarron, an analyst at Mercury Research. He said that's why the HP deal is an important step for AMD.
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