Intel Expects 2009 Shipments Of Atom Chips To Grow - Official

Chen, who was speaking on the sidelines of a joint product launch with Taiwan's Far EasTone Telecommunications Co. (4904.TW) and Benq Corp., declined to give a shipments estimate.

Far EasTone is offering a mobile Internet package that comes with a Benq mobile Internet device powered by the Atom processor.

Separately, Chen said Intel doesn't see Google Inc.'s new operating system built around its Chrome browser as a threat to Moblin, the Intel-backed Linux operating system. The U.S. chip maker is looking forward to providing chips for netbooks based on the Google software, he said.

"Our long-term goal is providing hardware for devices with different operating systems...more competition will drive up more innovations and that's good for consumers," Chen said.

-By Jessie Ho, Dow Jones Newswires; 88622 502-2557; jessie.ho@dowjones.com

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