Intel is on track to come out with a new generation of desktop chips and improve its notebook processors by the end of the year.

Speaking at the company's spring analyst meeting in New York on Thursday, Intel President Paul Otellini stated that Prescott, the company's next big desktop chip, and Dothan, a faster version of the most recent Pentium-M, will appear in the second half of 2003. Both chips will be made on the 90-nanometer manufacturing process.

Company executives also reiterated Intel's now familiar strategy of providing silicon and other components for a wide variety of computers and communications devices. The Santa Clara, Calif., chipmaker will continue to chase market share in both the home and business markets, in part by advancing its manufacturing capabilities and by incorporating R&D breakthroughs faster than competitors do, executives said.

"I would certainly like to see the economy grow, but I think we can grow (overall)--even in a flat economy--by taking market segment share," said Intel CEO Craig Barrett.

In contrast to sales in slow economies in the developed countries, sales in emerging economies such as China continue to grow, executives said.

Full Article:
CNet News