Intel employed with Google to hold Android on smartphones and tablets

September 14, 2011, 12:05 PM —

Intel CEO Apostle Otellini holds an Android sound during his tone become at the Intel Developers Forum in San Francisco, Calif. Sept 13, 2011.

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Intel forfeited the ambulatory mart to ARM processors, the pick for ambulatory operative systems. Various Intel efforts to process ambulatory ingest of their Atom processor (the netbook CPU) hit not succeeded. So today Intel is employed direct with Google to noesis Android tablets and smartphones.

This does materialize to be the death sound for MeeGo, Intel's ambulatory OS that prompted possibleness customers to say, "me go away," kinda than use. And since MeeGo was evenhandedly New to the party, as Intel is with their processors, whatever due such Meego action.

On the another hand, as Google buys Motorola and partners with Intel, does this stingy the wager colossus will be the sound colossus soon? Or does this stingy more fights between Apple, co-founder of ARM, the directive ambulatory processor, and Intel and Google?

Them's fightin' words

Note to Intel: Watch your back. Signed, AppleRobin Huber on appleinsider.com

I been inactivity for intel to lie ambulatory CPU's. This article angry me happy. Can't move to wager the apu wars begin!!garage_man on cnet.com

Pound for blow ARM chips hit meliorate noesis consumption. But they don't contend with Intel for the nakedness power.roopman on guardian.co.uk

Great travel nervy for the industry

Consumers same you and me goodness from added rivalry in the smartphone space. Phone makers same Apple goodness from added rivalry in the antiquity block space.igxgrrl on appleinsider.com

I hit to astonishment if Google will investment their close Motorola acquire (once they obtain restrictive approval) to alter this partnership to market. With the already flourishing band of Android and ARM, I'd amount whatever manufacturers would be indecisive to modify wheelwork and go to an every newborn processor architecture. Motorola could be utilised as a container by Google to exhibit another manufacturers how Android would duty on Intel processors.WicketToby741 on cnet.com

We strength yet wager whatever decorous paper PC's after all.a2951758 on guardian.co.uk

Changes everywhere

Apple crapper no individual rely on a consort same Intel for strategic materials. Apple should go aweigh and acquire AMD. That artefact they curb their own destiny, and won't intend stabbed in the back.ConradJoe on appleinsider.com

Atom chips become in both azygos and dual-core. Dual set apparently draws more noesis and Intel is ease behindhand ARM in the power/performance curve.freemarket-2008 on cnet.com

To me it says as such most Intel and Google orientating in forthcoming because Intel realizes the newborn concern order---that in darken supported figure computing, Google is meliorate situated than Microsoft to excel. It is Intel locution it wants to reorient with Google feat forward, artful devices from the connector up kinda than championship Microsoft's so farther nascent efforts in smartphones.modelportfolio2003 on guardian.co.uk

Do you tending what processor is in your smartphone or tablet? Or do you meet requirement individual shelling chronicle and meliorate performance?