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Atom challengers poised for 2009 debut

 
Intel rivals prep dual-core netbook chips 2009 promises to be the Year of the Dual-Core Netbook, what with low-power dualies from Freescale, AMD, and VIA Technologies poised to join Intel's dual-core Atom 330 .… (link)

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