Intel switch driven by mobile computing needs
updated 12:05 pm EDT, Wed June 8, 2005
Intel and mobile computing
Sci-Tech Today speculates that in the United States in a calendar month. "Apple saw little need to change its third-party chip vendor until mobile wireless computing started to catch on.[...] Apple's laptops have about 3 hours of battery life. Intel's Pentium M, as part of the Centrino platform, exceeds Apple's performance and has registered as much as 7 hours worth of battery power."
"When you're talking about mobile computing you're talking about the sweet spot of the industry," said IDC's Shane Rau. Rau foresees Apple adopting most of the Centrino package. "Yes, Apple will have Pentium M and therefore an Intel core logic solution, but the Wi-Fi? I'm not so sure."
"I can see wireless connectivity and ultra-low-voltage processors as enabling new form factors," Rau said.
Intel recently said that by 2008, Intel's goal is to reduce power consumption in notebooks overall to the point where machines can run for eight hours on a single battery charge.
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Well duh!
We don't need Sci-Tech Today to tell us mobile computing was a primary reason for the Intel changeover... Steve told us himself during the keynote. When he compared power consumption to processing power in that bar graph, anyone with two brain cells knew he was speaking about mobile devices.