Best of Intel will come to smartphones: Paul Otellini

LAS VEGAS, USA: Intel Corporation today announced a number of advancements across its smartphone business, including a multi-year, multi-device strategic relationship with Motorola Mobility, Inc. and a handset by Lenovo based on the company's new Intel Atom processor platform.

Several smartphones based on the new Atom processor are expected to come to market in 2012.

"The best of Intel computing is coming to smartphones," said Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini. "Our efforts with Lenovo and Motorola Mobility will help to establish Intel processors in smartphones and provide a solid foundation from which to build in 2012 and into the future."

Otellini made the announcements during a keynote address at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show. He also detailed Ultrabook category momentum and described how the company is innovating to deliver superior experiences across a range of mobile devices.

Intel computing inside smartphones and tablets

Intel CEO highlighted the Intel Atom processor Z2460 platform, formerly "Medfield," which was specifically designed for smartphones and tablets, and delivers leading performance with competitive, energy efficiency.

Sanjay Jha, chairman and CEO of Motorola Mobility, joined Otellini onstage and the two executives detailed their companies' multi-year, multi-device strategic relationship.

The effort includes smartphones that Motorola will begin to ship in the second half of this year using Intel Atom processors and the Android platform.

The collaboration, which also covers tablets, combines Intel's leadership in silicon technology and computing innovation with Motorola's mobile device design expertise.

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Liu Jun, Lenovo senior vice president and president of Mobile Internet and Digital Home, also joined Otellini onstage to debut the Lenovo K800 smartphone based on Intel technology and running the Android platform.

Liu Jun said the K800 smartphone will be available in China in the second quarter and will run on China Unicom's 21Mbs network.

The smartphone features the low-power Intel Atom processor Z2460 with Intel Hyper-Threading Technology, support for HSPA+ with the Intel XMM 6260 Platform, and the Lenovo LeOS user interface for a localized experience in China.

Otellini Emphasised, enabling the best mobile experience is a priority for Intel.

Michael Bell, general manager of Intel's Mobile and Communications Group, also joined Otellini onstage to demonstrate the Intel Smartphone Reference Design that aims to shrink device development time and costs for phone OEMs and carriers.

Showcasing the popular Angry Birds application on the phone, Bell pointed to broad Android applications support that allows Intel technology-based smartphones to run the vast majority of Android applications, including those compiled for other architectures.

Otellini said Intel will raise the bar on tablet experiences by offering compatibility with the millions of existing applications and devices; an instant-on, software and apps experience; and support of the Metro user interface.

Onstage was the world's first public demonstration of the forthcoming 32nm Intel Atom SoC for tablets and hybrids running on Microsoft Windows 8, codenamed "Clover Trail."