Intel blocking
Intel said the first smart phones using its chips will be available later this year, Intel hopes to occupy a place in the wireless network market, reproduce Intel Internet in this area have been tremendously popular to create a brilliant, almost chip is currently Intel Internet access to this market leader.
But analysts said that the British Hill & Knowlton, Marvell, and Qualcomm and other chip maker ARM-based design, introduced a cheaper, more energy-efficient processors, Intel and the increasingly fierce competition in each company.
Wedbush Morgan analyst Patrick Wang said: “They (Intel) does not Chupin the history of such chips. Their past lack of success in this direction, but now trying to reach encompasses this area.”
Apple’s design team and its recent acquisition of PA Semi’s chip developed A4, A4 understanding of the industry is limited to: the chip enable iPad tablet computer battery has a very long life time, speed and performance are comparable to competing products on the comparable.
Apple to conduct independent research shows that more targeted chip design concept, and perhaps more suited to the rapid development of the mobile phone market, rather than Intel’s exhaustive strategy.
However, 80% of the world’s personal computers based on Intel’s x86 chips, more powerful processors, and analysts say, Intel’s main obstacle is how to put aside the technology start all over again.
Wang said: “In a press conference held prior to Intel and Development Forum, you can see are designed to dull, the product heavy, short battery life of mobile network equipment. Makes them worried.”
Intel-based tablet notebook computer market over the past decade, has not been a big success. Apple Mac in its series of personal computers and servers using Intel chips.
The new competitive areas
With Intel since 2007 specifically for the Internet and handheld Internet devices to this wireless product design processor, a strong move into mobile device market. Intel Atom processor, available only from 2008 onwards, a strong occupation of low-cost Internet access to this market, the equipment to run the system just to run Microsoft’s Windows operating system, users can check e-mail, Internet and the preparation of documentation.
But analysts expect online sales growth will slow this, Intel hopes to electronics manufacturers to prove that its chip is a new portable electronic products the best choice.
Apple iPad is expected to trigger consumer tablet PCs and strong demand for electronic readers. IDC analyst Bob O’Donnell said, IDC expects sales of Apple iPad will reach 3 million -400 million, while the Internet is about 35 million of this amount, laptops for 165 million.
But issues such as tablet PCs and other mobile network equipment sales are expected to increase by several times in the next few years, chip manufacturers will launch a new round in the field of competition.
Apple iPad in the abandoned Intel’s products, while the majority of tablet PCs and smart mobile phone manufacturers had elected to use ARM architecture chips.
“For Intel, this implies that the calculation in the computer field, there are a lot of space does not need their x86 technology,” Auriga analyst Daniel Berenbaum said.
He indicated that the majority of smart phones and mobile device manufacturers last year’s flagship product is to look at video, listen to music, the Internet, browse pictures and other simple functions, which are not very much power, but also do not need Intel hallmark of the energy-saving, high – performance and multi-tasking technology.