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Other => Computer News => Topic started by: Geek-9pm on January 11, 2012, 10:37:25 AM
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Hard to believe, now Intel wants to put a Intel chip inside a Motorola Samrtphone.
Would this be like Chevrolet making an engine for Ford?
No, but almost. ;)
The story comes from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
10 January 2012
Intel Medfield chip on Motorola and Lenovo smartphones
By Leo Kelion Technology reporter, BBC News, Las Vegas
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Intel's new processor designed for mobile devices will be used by Motorola Mobility and Lenovo in upcoming Android-based smartphones.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16492156
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I don't get some of your news rants...phone manuf. are free to use any chip that serves them best...
Why would this be an issue ? ?
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I don't get some of your news rants...phone manuf. are free to use any chip that serves them best...
Why would this be an issue ? ?
True, you can buy chips from anybody. For the consumer, diversity is good. But some companies have built their success in a narrow market and is seems strange for them to branch out.
Motorola was an old rival of Intel. Motorola was big in communications devices and computer chips. Intel came from behind and built its empire on micro processors. Apple for a long time used only the Motorola chip, which was different from then Intel devices.
The Motorola 68000 is still used in many electronic devices. If tings had been different, the PC might have been built on the 68000 instead of the 8086 from Intel. But that is water under the bridge.
Intel has been short in the area of mobile technology. To see Intel building chips that can really work in the mobile phone market is notable in itself. Motorola has designed and built good smartphones using both their own chips and chips from a UK source.
It now comes as a surprise that you may soon see the 'Intel Inside' logo on a phone that is balled Motorola. If this works out well, Intel and Motorola are forging a strange love-hate relationship. But the bottom line is, of curse, how much money each makes for its receptive investors. Maybe it will be better for everybody.