Launch iPad encourage rivals like Apple products this yearLaunch Apple iPad in January and was pushed Apple rivals 'talkative' similar products this year.
An executive of the Arm - Intel's main rival companies in the field of mobile processors-predicted, this year will show no fewer than 50 devices tablet PCs worldwide.
"The first Tablet PC will appear in the second quarter up by collaborating with a number of operators," said Roy Chen, Mobile Computing ODM Manager in Arm, through a press conference in Taipei, was quoted by PC World, Wednesday, March 10, 2010.
In fact, Chan explained, the number of tablet PCs that would slide in the third quarter of this year there will be more. Not just a computer vendor, telecom operators will also be launching many similar devices this iPad.
Of course, as the chip maker, Arm benefit from this. Products and technical support will be much needed Arm by the tablet PC makers said.
At the Computex exhibition in Taipei Taiwan, Arm also introduced several new tablet device. The first tablet is a tablet besutan Taiwanese electronics company that also is an OEM (original manufacturer electonics) laptop in the world's second largest, is Compal Electronics.
Tablet PCs Compal has 7-inch screen with Nvidia Tegra chip technology core 2 Arm. Compal offers two versions of the tablet PC, one based on Android, and other Microsoft Windows CE.
Its size was divided into two versions, which is 7 inches and 10.1 inches. Interestingly, the two tablets have also been equipped with slot high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI), so that it can connect HD TV.
Another tablet, named Armadillo, which is based Android and smaller than a Compal.
Armadillos also use Arm's core technology on the chip made by Freescale Semiconductor. Armadillos also pinned Quickboot labeled software, to speed up the startup process.
