LAS VEGAS—Intel played a pivotal role in making PCs ubiquitous by developing a standard architecture on which Microsoft Windows, Web browsers and other popular software could operate. Company CEO Paul Otellini announced Tuesday during his keynote at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) here Intel’s intention to work similar magic in smart phones, many of which employ processors made by ARM Holdings. (Apple’s earliest iPhones used ARM processors but, starting with the iPhone 4, now use chips made by Samsung.)By midyear Intel’s Atom processor will make its first foray into smart phones as the engine for the new Lenovo K800. Lenovo is best known for buying IBM’s PC division in December 2004. The K800 will initially be sold in China, which already has about 100 million smart-phone users, making it the world’s largest smart-phone market, Otellini said. The Intel CEO also announced onstage that his company and Motorola Mobility, recently bought by Google, have entered into a multiyear agreement to make smart phones, the first of which will appear during the second half of this year.
Intel’s formula for success will by necessity need to vary from its triumph in the PC market of the 1980s and 1990s. For starters, dozen of successful smart phones—including the Samsung Galaxy, LG Optimus and HTC Evo—already ship with ARM microprocessors. In addition, Intel built a lot of its success by teaming with Microsoft to develop the so-called “Wintel” platform that dominated the PC market. Microsoft Windows will be only one of several operating systems that Intel’s chips will support. (Lenovo’s K800 runs Google’s Android operating system, for example.)
A key aspect of Intel’s plan to power smart phones is to offer a standard package of chips and software that phone makers can use when building their devices. In addition to the Atom processor, this package includes security scanning, data backup, data restoration and other software applications Intel now offers thanks to its acquisition of security software maker McAfee in February 2011. Intel claims that this standard “smart-phone reference architecture” will help phone makers build handsets that have longer battery life and greater performance.
A key aspect of Intel’s plan to power smart phones is to offer a standard package of chips and software that phone makers can use when building their devices. In addition to the Atom processor, this package includes security scanning, data backup, data restoration and other software applications Intel now offers thanks to its acquisition of security software maker McAfee in February 2011. Intel claims that this standard “smart-phone reference architecture” will help phone makers build handsets that have longer battery life and greater performance.
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