Intel said that close to 20 Windows 8 tablets are in the works with its upcoming low-power Atom chip code-named Clover Trail, and some were on display at Computex. One of them was Asus' Tablet 810, which has an 11.6-inch screen and weighs 700 grams. In tests, the tablet booted up in about 20 seconds but stuttered when running some programs. The same was the case with the ThinkPad Tablet, which fumbled in executing some touch features during an Intel keynote. Intel's aim with Clover Trail is to provide a legitimate competitor to ARM processors, which are used in most tablets. Clover Trail seems to be a work in progress, and tablets are due to become available with the release of Windows 8 sometime later this year.

Samsung's Series 7 slates

Samsung last year gave out test units of its Series 7 tablets at Microsoft's Build conference as a showcase to highlight the touch features on Windows 8. That laptop was upgraded at Computex to the latest Ivy Bridge microprocessors. At 12.9 millimeters and 860 grams, it isn't the lightest tablet out there, but with powerful Ivy Bridge processors, it can provide serious horsepower to run resource-hungry programs and games. The tablet ran swiftly when tested, and the touch features worked flawlessly. But with the powerful processors also comes heat, an issue that dogged the Series 7 laptops with Sandy Bridge processors. The upcoming laptop will come with 64GB and 128GB solid-state drives. Prices and availability were not immediately available.

MSI's Slider S20

MSI's Slider S20 ultrabook was attracting a lot of attention at Computex for its unique sliding screen design. The ultrabook has a 11.6 inch touchscreen that collapses over the keyboard to turn the laptop into a Windows 8 tablet. The ultrabook is 20 millimeters thick and weighs just 1.3 kilograms, which is comparable to the lightest laptops available. The ultrabook comes with Intel's latest Ivy Bridge processors, and offers up to eight hours of battery life depending on usage. Laptop features include USB 3.0 and high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) ports, and price and availability were not provided.