14 DAY TRIAL // The Calpella platform from Intel is nearing the end of its days now that Huron River is around the corner, but it looks like Intel is having enough trouble exhausting its Calpella supplies that Intel is no longer offering the newer platform at a discount.
The Calpella platform has been the one showing up in practically every Intel-powered laptop in 2010.
Represented mainly by the Core series of central processing units, Calpella is now getting ready to pass on its task to its successor.
The Huron River is the name of the new platform that the Santa Clara, California-based company has come up with.
It will be officially brought to market within the next month, this being the reason why many consumers are holding off on buying a new laptop.
Unfortunately, it seems that the anticipation has reached a high enough level that Intel seems to be having trouble exhausting its inventories of Calpella components.
In an effort to remedy this situation and exhaust those inventories, the chip giant is said to have decided to no longer offer Huron River components at a discount.
This has disrupted the schedules that vendors had set up and there are concerns about demand for Calpella-based models.
The current state of affairs seems to imply that Calpella will keep being the major sales driver for first-grade notebook brands, like ASUS, HP, Dell and Acer.
The problem is that many consumers are content with waiting for the new processors to reach stores, so it is quite possible that demand for Calpella won't actually rise overmuch over the next three months.
That said, shipments of notebooks might be affected over this period and upstream component suppliers may also suffer from this decision on Intel's part.
Of course, the next-generation laptop platform will come out on schedule, but the market will still be dominated by Calpella until supply is digested.