Intel announces to launch Mobile enabled processor

Intel, the world's largest semiconductor company announced on Tuesday that it would come with a new range of processor this year. This processor would enable users to download music, videos and play games on their mobile sets using Internet on it.

?We will start the process of manufacturing new processors in the mid of this year and the products would be rolled out simultaneously.

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The new processors would be aimed at ultra mobile devices which may include laptops and internet-enabled mobile such as Blackberry,? said R Sivakumar, Intel South Asia Managing Director.

With the new processors users would be able to access internet at a much faster rate, listen to music, watch videos and play games and all the plus point is they could avail these facilities even while on the move. The Managing Director however, said the software used in the mobile phones to access Internet is not actually made for this. The software actually is suitable for personal computers.

However, we are planning to manufacture the processor particularly for the mobiles with the same processing power as needed in the personal computer, he added further.

?Freescale's power management IC and Intel's low-power technologies will enable device makers to deliver MIDs in increasingly smaller form factors with great battery life,? said Pankaj Kedia, director in Intel's Ultra Mobility Group.

Initial samples of the chip will be expectedly available in the market by mid of this year.



Intel has coupled its low power processors with Freescale Semiconductor's CMOS-based power management technology to address the need for more power efficient mobile Internet devices.

Besides, the company would also launch products such as laptops and mobile devices facilitated by WiMax, a telecommunications technology.

In reply to a query about low-cost of PCs, he answered, "The price point should come down in a natural progression... with increasing competition and volumes combined with low-cost manufacturing, prices of computers would ultimately fall in the years to come." But, the low price of PCs has nothing to do with the quality of the products; Sivakumar said that no compromises would be made with qualities of products.