{"id":77248,"date":"2013-05-07T01:44:36","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T23:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=77248"},"modified":"2013-05-07T09:56:39","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T07:56:39","slug":"intel-revamps-atom-processor-to-find-better-mobile-footing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/77248-intel-revamps-atom-processor-to-find-better-mobile-footing.html","title":{"rendered":"Intel revamps Atom processor to find better mobile footing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Intel Corp<\/a> on Monday unveiled the most extensive overhaul of its Atom mobile processors, with improved performance that the PC chipmaker expects will help it challenge Qualcomm<\/a> in smartphones and tablets.<\/p>\n

The new microarchitecture, code-named Silvermont, will be a key building block in upcoming Intel chips for mobile gadgets, microservers and car entertainment systems, Chief Product Officer Dadi Perlmutter<\/a> told reporters at an event on Monday.<\/p>\n

“We have not only reduced the power in a significant manner but it comes with significant performance,” Perlmutter said.<\/p>\n

Intel’s chips dominate the PC industry but the company has struggled to adapt its processors for smartphones and tablets, a market dominated by Qualcomm.<\/p>\n

The Silvermont microarchitecture is analogous to redesigning an automobile engine that will be used a range of car models with different features, Perlmutter said.<\/p>\n

He said it offers up to three times more computing performance than current chips and as much as five times lower power consumption.<\/p>\n

Qualcomm and other mobile chipmakers design their processors using power-efficient technology licensed from Intel-rival ARM Holdings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Intel introduced its Atom mobile processors for netbooks in 2008 and they have so far failed to be widely adopted in smartphones and tablets despite improvements made to them.<\/p>\n

Silvermont will be the basis for Intel’s 22-nanometer Bay Trail tablet chips due out later this year and Intel says it will more than double the performance of its current tablet chips.<\/p>\n

It will also be used in Intel’s upcoming Merrifield smartphone chips and Avoton chips for microservers.<\/p>\n

While Silvermont improves the performance of Intel’s processors, the Santa Clara, California company faces other major challenges in mobile.<\/p>\n

It has fallen behind in launching chips with Long Term Evolution<\/a>, or LTE, a high-speed wireless technology already offered by Qualcomm and increasingly found in smartphones launched in the United States, including Apple<\/a>‘s iPhone and Samsung<\/a>‘s Galaxy line.<\/p>\n

(Reporting By Noel Randewich; Editing by Nick Zieminski)<\/p>\n

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