Just two weeks after Acer's Gateway unit announced an AMD-based netbook, another PC maker on Monday introduced a netbook with a low-power processor from AMD. Medion started selling the Akoya Mini E1312 netbook, which includes a low-power Sempron 210U processor.

The news was first reported by enthusiast Web site .

AMD in the past has derided netbooks, saying that the PCs were too small and didn't offer full functionality. Netbooks are typically characterized by small keyboards and screens up to 12 inches. The laptops are designed for basic applications like Web surfing and word processing, and are typically priced starting at US$299.

The company still maintains it doesn't want to get into the netbook space, but a spokesman was less dismissive of the PC category than AMD has been in the past.