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SHANGHAI, China--Intel's low-cost laptops, dubbed "Netbooks," will be available in June as the chipmaker looks to further segmentize the notebook category and emerging markets.

David Perlmutter, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's mobility group, showed two Netbook models during his keynote presentation at the Intel Developer Forum here.

Intel's Netbook concept is anchored on a small form factor, low-power design primarily for Internet browsing. The Netbook sits between more expensive full-featured laptops and the new range of mobile Internet devices or MIDs.

The Netbook is powered by Intel's 45-nanometer Diamondville chip, a derivative of its Silverthorne chip for MIDs, and runs on either Windows or Linux.

Intel earlier came out with a version called the Classmate PC, targeted specifically at governments and schools. Locally, at least one distributor announced a commercially available version of the Classmate PC.

"We are working with partners for different designs," said Perlmutter, adding production begins within the second quarter this year. Intel was able to bring down the cost of making low-power motherboards by 20 to 25 percent, he added.

Perlmutter expects notebooks to sell more than desktop PCs within the next two years, driven by emerging PC markets like China and India.

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