Nice article. To add, I think the problem is with intel's strategy and their technology than the cost. Intel expected notebooks to be more dominant and their r

Nice article. To add, I think the problem is with intel's strategy and their technology than the cost. Intel expected notebooks to be more dominant and their roadmap showed. As soon as Kindle started taking off with ebooks, Apple realized they could do better than Kindle with iPad. By selling xscale unit to Marvell, Intel did a mistake. Total OEM cost for netbook was in the range of 10-20 vs just the processor in ipad is claimed to be $30 (after everyone taking their cut. Everyone includes ARM-Samsung-Packaging compnies)