LAS VEGAS - After showing off the Atom mobile processor Intel's Medfield, now the company announced the first two vendors who will use the device, namely Lenovo and Motorola. Both will be committed to producing Android-based smartphones and tablets with Intel processors.
Speaking at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012, CEO Paul Intle Otelini said Lenovo will launch Medfield in smart phones based on the Chinese market in the second quarter of this year, followed later that Motorola will release the same device.
The agreement the two companies is, of course, can help Intel menopanggnya to venture into the smartphone arena. The company is hoping a chip "Medfield" capable of providing energy saving enough power to compete with rival smartphones using ARM Holdings architecture is also more energy efficient.
"This is a multi-year, multi-product strategy that will bring both phones and tablets into the market (the U.S.) begins with a phone in the second half of 2012," said Dave Whalen, vice president at Intel Architecture Group, as reported by Reuters on Wednesday (11 / 1 / 2012).
"You will see us working very closely with them (Motorola and Lenovo) on technology," said Whalen.
According to him, Intel engineers have been working to adapt the technology perfected over several decades for the PC to work better in a handheld device without draining the battery faster products.
