Intel has announced on Tuesday that it is releasing a chip for smartphones and tablets that will hopefully open the door for Intel chips in the smartphone market. The chip, called Atom, has been primarily used in netbooks so far and has been a major hit.
The Atom chip differs from Intel's PC processors in one major area: the Atom chip is not nearly as power-hungry. Standby time in phones with an Atom chip is supposed to be ten days, according to Intel.
The Atom chip also delivers impressive performance and is supposed to render web pages faster than other chips do. The Atom chip is also supposed to support different operating systems, including Intel's Moblin, Nokia's MeeGo, and Google's Android. The first two operating systems mentioned are Linux-based.
If this new chip is as good as Intel's other chips, the company should do very well indeed.
Via CNET, image via Intel.
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