Intel's single core processors keep up with multi-core rivals
MANILA, Philippines -- Intel Corporation is banking on the performances of its latest Atom processors sharing the idea of preferring smartphones and tablets having a single core.
"We just want to share that even if there are more cores of other brands out there, our single core outperforms much of their dual cores and to some extent the quad cores that are out in the market," said Wowie Wong, Market Development Manager of Intel Philippines.
Among Intel's latest Atom Processors are the Z2580, Z2560, and Z2520 designed for smartphpnes and tablets that promise to deliver dual-core performance built on Intel's 32-nanometer process technology.
"It's all about performance and the battery life is extensively longer than most that are out there," Wong said, noting the latest Atom processors are far different from those in netbooks that users used to love.
Leighton Phillips, Director of Product Marketing Pricing for Intel APAC (Asia Pacific), said the latest cores in touch devices lasts for about 26 hours in active usage and allows users to connect to anyone in the world in just four seconds.
Phillips said among the Intel-based brands for smartphones today under the OEMs (original equipment manufacturer) category are Acer, Lenovo, ZTE, Motorola, and Lava 2 platforms. For service providers, there are MegaFon, Safaricom, orange and etisalat.
Lenovo, Ramos, Coby, and Asus are among the tablets running on Android while HP, Lenovo, Dell, LG, Asus, Samsung and Fujitsu run on Windows 8.
Philips said Intel's latest technology delivers power and performance with fewer cores, citing a review of the 2GHz Mefield (single core) that kept pace with Qualcomm's dual-core S4. Another sample was the Motorola RAZR i (intel single core Z2480) that kept pace with the Motorola RAZR M Qualcomm Dual Core Snapdragon S4.
Wong shared Intel today is investing heavily on touch and ultrabook devices.
"So far we've been gaining volumes on touch. In fact to some extent, some brands have taken up about 60 percent mix of touch among their devices," Wong said. "Although there are a lot of tablet preferences now, there is also a lot of intel-based tablets that are coming out of the market as well."
