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Intel turns to ARM chip maker Rockchip to expand in low-cost tablet market |
May 27, 2014
Intel hopes to expand its offerings for the low-cost Android market by working with Chinese chip maker Rockchip, which primarily makes ARM chips.As part of an agreement reached on Monday, the two companies will jointly deliver an Intel-branded mobile chip platform. The first chip, due in the first half of 2015, will be for low-cost Android devices based on Intel’s Sofia architecture, which integrates an Atom processor and 3G modem.Intel will make a quad-core derivative of the Sofia chip for Rockchip. Intel and Rockchip make for strange bedfellows. Rockchip’s chip business currently revolves around smartphone, tablet and embedded processors based on the ARM architecture. But by adding Intel’s x86 chip architecture to its line of processors, Rockchip could further increase its presence in low-cost smartphones and tablets, where it currently has a foothold.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2170440/intel-turns-to-arm-chip-maker-rockchip-to-expand-in-lowcost-tablet-market.html#tk.rss_all
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