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ARM CEO: 10% of phones will have Intel by 2015

Ben Kersey, May 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

It’s taken a while for Intel to enter the mobile game, but the first phone to feature its Medfield chip, the Lava Xolo X900, definitely attracted some attention thanks to the impressive benchmarks. Could Intel be a viable competitor for the likes of Qualcomm and NVIDIA after all? The CEO of ARM, Warren East, is being cautious, saying that between 5 and 10% of smartphones will feature Intel chips by 2015. Read The Full Story

Intel Lava XOLO Android smartphone hands-on with benchmark

Cory Gunther, May 15th 2012 Discuss [0]

One of the most unassuming pieces of hardware on the market that we happened upon this month was certainly Intel’s first Medfield-toting Android: the Lava XOLO. This smartphone was announced back a the tail end of April of this year and represents Intel’s first production Android smartphone available on the mobile market, toting its own Intel Medfield 1.6 GHz single-core Atom Z2460 processor and a 4.03-inch 1024 x 600 pixel resolution display – is this your next undercover powerhouse device?

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Intel-powered Santa Clara imminent says Orange

Chris Davies, May 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Intel's Medfield phones are almost upon us: UK carrier Orange has thrown the Santa Clara, one of the first designs to use Intel's Atom chip for mobiles, up on its "coming soon" page, though the smartphone is still in for a name change. Both contract and prepay buying options will be offered with the Santa Clara, which pairs a 1.6GHz Atom CPU and 4.03-inch touchscreen with an 8-megapixel camera. Read The Full Story

Lava XOLO X900 begins Intel’s smartphone attack on April 23

Chris Davies, Apr 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

The first Intel-powered Android smartphone will go on sale April 23, the Lava XOLO X900, running Gingerbread on Medfield in a $424 package for the Indian market. Based on Intel's 1.6GHz Atom Z2460, with a 4.03-inch 1024 x 600 LCD touchscreen, quadband HSPA+ (850/900/1900/2100) and 8-megapixel camera, the XOLO X900 will see an Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade "shortly," the chip company claims. Read The Full Story

Intel’s first Medfield phone coming this week claims CEO

Cory Gunther, Apr 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

Intel's been hard at work with their mobile processors, more specifically the latest version with Medfield. While ARM-based processors have dominated the mobile market, Intel plans to change all that, possibly as soon as this week. During Intel's financial results call this afternoon, that we reported on here, CEO Paul Otellini told investors Intel's first Medfield phone will launch by the end of the week. Read The Full Story

Intel: 75 new Ultrabooks in 2012 plus 10 Atom tablets

Chris Davies, Apr 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

Over 75 new ultrabooks are expected in 2012 along, Intel has confirmed, along with ten OEMs designing tablets based on the latest Atom processors, as the company pushes ahead with its MacBook Air and iPad rivalry. Key to Intel's IDF Beijing 2012 conference is power consumption - or, more accurately, how it's dropping - with chips for phones, tablets and notebooks all expected to slash their energy additions and boost both runtime and standby. Meanwhile, there are significant graphics improvements also on the cards. Read The Full Story

Intel StoryBook tablet tipped for sub-$299 Medfield

Chris Davies, Apr 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Intel is pushing a so-called StoryBook tablet PC reference design for developing markets, insiders at manufacturers claim, pairing Intel's own Medfield processors with dual-OS and a 10-inch touchscreen. The new slate is primarily aimed at markets like China and Brazil, the arch rumor-mongers at DigiTimes claim, but Intel is reportedly also considering a general commercial push with a target sticker-price of sub-$299. Read The Full Story

Intel Medfield phone benchmarked: Bests Nexus but trails Tegra 3

Ben Kersey, Mar 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Intel were keen to push their Medfield platform at MWC 2012, announcing various partners, and even a product that would make it to retail, the Orange Santa Clara. The Atom Z2460 single-core processor is clocked at 1.6Ghz, with the phone being able to perform such feats as taking ten photos in under a second, as long as 1080p playback and Intel Wireless Display. But how does the performance really stack up against other phones with only a single core? Read The Full Story

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Qualcomm: Intel still uncompetitive in mobile

Chris Davies, Feb 29th 2012 Discuss [0]

Intel's Atom Z2460 Medfield processor for mobile devices will struggle to compete with ARM-based chipsets such as the Snapdragon S4, Qualcomm's product chief insists, with the new x86 being more the product of desperation than inspiration. "Intel is very smart and very dedicated" Sy Choudury, director of product management at Qualcomm told us in an interview at Mobile World Congress today, "they can't afford not to have a [mobile] product line." However, Choudury thinks Intel has underplayed the challenge it faces by contrasting Medfield with existing, mainstream ARM chips like Qualcomm's own Scorpion. "They're getting better, but so are we." Read The Full Story

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Intel Orange “Santa Clara” Medfield phone hands-on

Chris Davies, Feb 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Intel has been talking up its Atom Z2460 Medfield processor at MWC 2012, and the Orange "Santa Clara" is the latest carrier win and a confirmed attack on the European market. Running Android 2.3 Gingerbread on the 1.6 GHz x86 processor, with a 4-inch WVGA display and 8-megapixel camera, the Santa Clara tries to convince us that ARM isn't the only company with skills in the cellphone market. Read The Full Story

Intel confirms Motorola as smartphone launch partner

Chris Burns, Feb 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

This week the Intel Corporation have named two launch partners for their Medfield mobile device chip, one of them being Motorola - this fact previously only a rumor. They've also reconfirmed that the Lenovo device we saw back at CES 2012, Racer A, will be part of their initial launch. Intel has been quite vocal on its intent to take on the already saturated market which includes such titans as Qualcomm, NVIDIA, and Apple, with strong design roots in Austin, Texas. Read The Full Story

Motorola Medfield phone images leaked

Chris Burns, Feb 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

The folks at Motorola have had their next Android device leaked, it appearing to have Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich onboard and tipped to be running an Intel-Powered Medfield processor powering it. This device has many hardware details appearing like the DROID RAZR and the DROID 4 that've been released just recently, a power button, volume up/down, and physical camera button all on the right side. This device would be the second device revealed to have the Medfield chip aboard, the first shown by Lenovo at CES 2012. Read The Full Story