Freescale shows off 'smartbook' prototypes

The chipmaker Freescale is showing off prototypes of 'smartbook' devices at the Computex show in Taiwan.

Smartbooks are Linux-driven mobile internet devices that use chipsets based on Cortex chip designs from ARM, a company best known for its smartphone chip architecture.

Smartbooks "fill the gap between smaller-screened smartphones and traditional, PC-like netbook or notebook products", Freescale said in a statement on Tuesday.