![]() These included a Medfield smartphone, a tablet using Clover Trail (the two-core, four-thread tablet-oriented counterpart to Medfield), and an Ivy Bridge Ultrabook with a flip screen to allow it to be converted to a slate form factor. Ultrabooks also got a mention, with a quick look of Dell's new XPS 13, the company's first Ultrabook: a 13", 2.99 lb laptop that Dell says is only marginally bigger than an 11" machine.Īs well as demonstrating the Lenovo handset and tablet, Intel CEO Paul Otellini showed a range of Intel reference devices in a variety of form factors. Intel claims that at launch, about 90 percent of native applications (which make up about 25 percent of apps in the Android Market) will run correctly. The company says that it has both tuned Android to work optimally on its hardware, and worked with third-party developers to ensure that their applications are optimized.Īndroid apps written using the Android NDK (which produces native ARM code instead of the processor-independent Java bytecode used by most Android apps) will also run on x86 Android phones the company was vague about the details, but implied that it had created some kind of emulator or something similar that will enable native ARM applications to run seamlessly. Intel claimed that its single core, two-thread 1.6 GHz "Medfield" Atom processors offered better performance and lower power consumption than unspecified ARM processors in unspecified popular Android phones. Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha announced that Motorola and Intel had entered into a "multiyear, multidevice strategic partnership," with Motorola's first Atom-powered phones due to ship in the second half of this year. The K800 isn't the only Medfield design win. Lenovo has also been showing off its IdeaPad K2110, a 10" Android 4.0 tablet again powered by Medfield. Inside, the processor is the Intel Atom Z2460 with 21Mbps HSPA+ connectivity on the China Unicom network from Intel's XMM 6260 chipset. Boasting a 4.5" 720p screen, HSPA+ support, and running Android 4.0, the phone will be available in China from the second quarter of 2012. ![]() At Intel's keynote presentation at CES, Liu Jun, president of Lenovo's mobile Internet division, announced the Lenovo K800 smartphone built on Intel's "Medfield" Atom platform. ![]() Chinese entities already license the company’s processors in chip designs, and are looking to build a home-grown chip as a way to cut reliance on chip companies like Intel.Intel's dream of getting x86 processors into smartphones is almost a reality. Analysts say that the Chinese government, most likely through a semiprivate company, is a potential suitor. The company is now trying to make a play in the fast-growing smartphone and tablet market, but is reportedly considered an acquisition target. The largest market for MIPS is the embedded market, with its processors appearing in set-top boxes, TV sets, networking equipment and other embedded devices. Scott Gardner, a senior analyst at the Linley Group, in a newsletter sent last month.ĭevices based on Aptiv cores could be out in as soon as a year, or perhaps longer, MIPS’ Bernier-Santarini said. The Aptiv processors received good reviews, delivering performance comparable or better than current ARM processors, said J. ![]() MIPS processors are 64-bit, giving it a slight advantage over ARM, which currently has 32-bit addressing. In May, MIPS released a new generation of processors called Aptiv, which will replace the older 74K processors used in tablets. “It’s hard to envision MIPS … getting significant traction in market share,” Brookwood said. ![]()
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