"Due to the price of Intel's current Centrino 2 notebook platform being too high – making it difficult for vendors to drop their notebook pricing – sources at notebook vendors revealed that the platform's penetration rate is only around 30% currently, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.

The report also indicated that Intel's next generation Calpella platform might not be launched until 2010, though Stanley Huang, director of marketing and technical services of Intel's Asia Pacific division, refuted any speculation about a delay, noting that Calpella will follow the original schedule.

Huang added that Intel will work hard to boost its Centrino 2 platform's penetration rate."