Hewlett-Packard is considering making small notebook computers using chips from ARM, a move that would challenge Intel’s dominance in PC processors. Chips based on ARM’s technology would be suitable for machines called netbooks or mini-notebooks, said Todd Bradley, who oversees the PC unit at Palo Alto-based Hewlett- Packard. Hewlett-Packard’s PCs mostly use chips from Intel, whose processors power about 80 percent of the world’s computers. Intel extended that dominance last year with Atom, a chip designed for Intel said a new chip design for larger server computers will debut in machines early next year. The company will begin shipping the chips for so-called four-way servers, machines that use more than four processors, before the end of this year, Boyd Davis, a general manager of Intel’s server-chip marketing, said Tuesday. Intel is trying to put more pressure on rival Advanced Micro Devices in the market for the most expensive personal computer processors. AMD, which gained ground with its Opteron chip between 2003 and 2006, was able to push Intel’s share of some parts of the four-way market to below 50 percent. The new chip from Intel will have as many as eight processors, Davis said.
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