Industry sources say that netbooks with displays from 10 "to 12" will lead in 2010, as now, a growing demand for netbooks, with screens of greater size. In 2010, according to analysts, the existing 10 "netbooks will be placed in the lower segment of the market to protect against smartbook who are just starting to appear. In the main market segments will be located 10" model with a touch screen and 12 "models will be the main source of profits for producers.

Since Intel has limited its platform for Atom, forbidding her to create the basis of netbooks with a diagonal larger 10.2 ", for a netbook with a diagonal of 12" netbooks, many manufacturers are going to apply or have already applied to a combination of chipset nVidia Ion and processor Intel Atom. Manufacturers believe that these models will attract consumers who want to get a little money rather large screen and good graphics capabilities. Although the transition to the chipset manufacturers Ion increases costs by about $ 60 a netbook, manufacturers will be able to raise the average selling price and thus keep profits at a satisfactory level. The difference in price between the platform and Ion Atom platform is so great because, first, to pay for the chipset Ion, secondly, Intel offers large discounts to producers who are buying Atom processors along with chipsets from Intel, with the result that a separate Atom processor is significantly more expensive than the Atom CPU with a chipset Intel.

The next year, Intel plans to release platform Pine Trail-M processor N450, which has integrated memory controller and GPU, and sources suggest that Ion chipset from nVidia would be difficult to remain competitive after Intel stop production of its current-generation processor Atom. On the other hand, nVidia is preparing to release Ion 2, which can also be used in the discrete graphics cards that would allow the chip to compete with Intel in the market of netbooks. Many analysts believe that the growing popularity of 12 "netbook will affect the demand for ultra-thin notebooks. While Intel plans to introduce in 2010 a new platform for ultra-thin notebooks, including a version with a discrete graphics card, analysts continue to doubt the possibility of a significant increase in demand for ultra - -thin notebooks next year.