Lenovo, Fujitsu and Samsung Electronics will showcase a number of tablet PCs built on Intel's Oak Trail platform at the Computex Taipei trade fair in June, while Micro-Star International (MSI) will start marketing its latest tablet PCs built using AMD's Brazos APUs, according to industry sources.
The launch of Brazos-based tablets by MSI indicates that AMD's APUs have increased their presence in the tablet PC market, said the sources, noting that AMD previously landed Brazos APU orders from Acer.
AMD is reportedly recruiting talent for the development of Android driver software indicating the chipset vendor is also likely to offer notebook/tablet PC partners chipset solutions supporting the Android platform later, the sources noted.
However, due to strong sales of iPad 2, none of Intel, AMD or Microsoft is likely to pose a threat to Apple in the tablet PC market at for at least the next six months, commented the sources.