Ed Hansberry
02-24-2009, 07:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://jkontherun.com/2009/02/23/smartphones-and-netbooks-share-similar-dna-but-theres-a-missing-gene/' target='_blank'>http://jkontherun.com/2009/02/23/sm...a-missing-gene/</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"It never occurred to me to examine the integrated circuit footprint inside a smartphone and a netbook, but that’s what EE Times does. Their example above shows rising complexity in smartphones as costs of traditional computing decrease. In a sense, we've seen this trend for the past few years, but I'd equate it to more capable smartphones approaching acceptable and usable levels of computing."</em></p><p><img border="0" src="http://www.ehansberry.com/ppct/2009/20090224-smartphonenetbook.gif" /></p><p>Kevin Tofel at jkOnTheRun has an interesting analysis of an <a href="http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=214502179&pgno=1" target="_blank">EE Times article</a> that compares a netbook to a smartphone in terms of component content and cost. The two platforms are closer than you might have realized</p>