Intel Revives the Atom Brand with New Branding Levels

[Sony Xperia S]

They exist. People buy them without them being given away for free. That means there is a market and it's a succesful line.

I'm afraid someday, you'll have to come to terms with this. Sorry.

You are smoking something wrong. Sorry

After Intel spent billions to subsidize 40M Android Atom tablets, Microsoft releases Office only for ARM

Intel's mobile chip division has lost $7 billion over the last two years while heavily subsidizing the manufacturing costs of Android tablet makers agreeing to use the chipmaker's Atom mobile x86 processors. Microsoft's new Office for Android won't run on any of them.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/15...ablets-microsoft-releases-office-only-for-arm


Try with googling "Intel subsidise Atom"

 

[R-T-B]

Tablets is a new market for atom, and new markets take money to break into. Heck the xbox 360 was a "loss leader" remember.. It made a ton in netbooks where it started.

 

[Naito]

You are smoking something wrong. Sorry

After Intel spent billions to subsidize 40M Android Atom tablets, Microsoft releases Office only for ARM

Intel's mobile chip division has lost $7 billion over the last two years while heavily subsidizing the manufacturing costs of Android tablet makers agreeing to use the chipmaker's Atom mobile x86 processors. Microsoft's new Office for Android won't run on any of them.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/15...ablets-microsoft-releases-office-only-for-arm


Try with googling "Intel subsidise Atom"

I dread a world where Android is the go-to OS for productivity. Besides Intel probably doesn't need to rely on Android too much at the moment as those ~$100 sub-10" Windows tablets seem to be gaining popularity.

 

[Uplink10]

I hope these Atoms in tablets will be 64-bit not only 32-bit as are some Intel CPUs in tablets.

 

[Naito]

I hope these Atoms in tablets will be 64-bit not only 32-bit as are some Intel CPUs in tablets.

I think they're merely running 32-bit Windows. Pretty sure Atom has supported the 64-bit extension for a while.

 

[MikeMurphy]

Intel has too many brands and too many CPU models, i3 should be 2 core, i5 should be 4 core and i7 should be 6 or more core.
I wonder where will be difference betwen x3, x5 and x7 other than words right now.

Firstly clockspeed, secondly the number of GPU EUs.

 

[Jorge]

The CPU/GPU/APU naming schemes used by both InHell and AMD, suck IMO and have in the past decade or more been very confusing - often by intent unfortunately. There is really no valid reason not to just label the product numerically based on performance, but that would be too easy and not confuse consumers who might very well buy a current confusingly labeled product by mistake.

 

[Arjai]

The CPU/GPU/APU naming schemes used by both InHell and AMD, suck IMO and have in the past decade or more been very confusing - often by intent unfortunately. There is really no valid reason not to just label the product numerically based on performance, but that would be too easy and not confuse consumers who might very well buy a current confusingly labeled product by mistake.

Plus, what would we do with all those Marketing Majors? Come to think of it, I could use a few of them to paint my car. Think they could make a '72 Vega more appealing to sexy women?