ZDNet : Intel shakes up roadmap to attack ultra-mobile computing

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Looks like Intel are getting more serious about mobile computing.

“We decided looking forward that our roadmap was inadequate, and we needed to change the center point,” Otellini said. “This shift that we are making today is as fundamental. We are aiming our center point for all of our design activities from the 30 to 40 watts to 15 or so watts.”

It will not change future plans for high performance desktop chips.

Intel will continue to have more powerful processors for high-end desktops, workstations and servers. Similarly, at the opposite end of the spectrum Atom will scale not only down to a few milliwatts, to get into smartphones, but also up to enable more powerful tablets, netbooks and other devices. The result, Otellini said, will be a product line that scales the entire continuum from phones to data centers with no gaps, at least in terms of power consumption.

They also recognise that it won't happen overnight, and that it will take time.

“I’m going to disappoint some of you today. You won’t see a big announcement on smartphones or smartphone customers today.” Otellini said. “Intel will be very successful here over time . . . we are focused very, very strongly on both phones and tablets.”

Otellini believes they'll have a big advantage through having the best transistor.

“It comes down to who has the best transistor. It always has, and it always will,” he said. “There’s really no one on earth that has the capabilities we have demonstrated and are putting into production this year.”

Full story here : http://www.zdnet.com/blog/computers/intel-shakes-up-roadmap-to-attack-ultra-mobile-computing/5823

 

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Looks like Intel are getting more serious about mobile computing.

They don't have much of a choice if they want to be the leader at every level.