If you want to use computer only for checking emails, there is good news for you. Soon Internet PC will be a reality for such low-end tasks. These PC’s will be of much lower costs without including high-profile advanced features of PC world.

Intel has recently announced launching of a new processor namely ‘Atom‘ in their just now concluded Intel Channel Conference (ICC). Atom is being designed by Intel, keeping in view of manufacturing only email enabled high power Internet PC. The microprocessor Atom is likely to be available in the market before end of September 2008, said Intel in the ICC. ICC is a platform for Intel to share it’s business findings and future business plans with it’s channel partners, which is presently figuring around 2000 in India. It is held twice a year across different centers in the country.

Speaking on the occasion, Intel’s channel business manager for south Asia Mr. Ashok Nair said, “our studies showed that a good number of people used PCs for checking e-mails and other such internet-related use, for them, many advanced features of a PC are not necessary. At a time when companies are trying to reduce the cost of PCs, these studies prompted the company to work on processors that power PCs for Internet use.”

Once Atom is unveiled, making low-end Internet PC will no more take much time. Atom will take least power to operate and these will be highly efficient to look after email requirements. Owing to the low-power requirement and limited functionality, costs of the PC’s developed using Atom will be much lower, said one analyst. The chip will also find applications in mobile Internet devices, making mobile Internet more powerful and efficient. The new innovative technology of Intel will lead the way for making more powerful low-power processors in near future, market observers feel.