Intel: touch screens are important for future ultrabooks

According to Intel ceo Paul Otellini is of great importance that ultrabooks in the future on touch screens go. The chipgigant therefore will invest at the price of touchscreens down to get.

Otellini did his statements during Intel’s Capital Global Summit, reports cnet. According to the ceo have Apples iPhone and iPad the importance of touchbediening proven. In addition, the new Windows 8 interface to make sure that people with their fingers on the screen want to serve, think Otellini. Devices that that cannot would the user ‘disappoint’. According to Intel, it is therefore of great importance that the price of touchhardware drops so ultrabooks in 2012, true are able to offer support for touchbediening.

To achieve that want Intel, via his Ultrabook Fund seriously going to invest in touchscreentechnieken. The fund was created earlier this year by Intel in the life called and is designed to over a period of four years $ 300 million to invest in companies and technologies that can contribute to the ultrabook ecosystem. Otellini also gave to Intel the starting price for ultrabooks ultimately want to reduce to 699 dollars.