Intel does not stand up to Android - Computerworld Portugal

Intel confirmed a greater distance in your relationship with Microsoft, the maker of processors is desperately trying to increase their market share in the tablet market, with Windows not match, and Android gains preference. The company tries to approach the ARM, the British company whose processors are used in most tablets today, with Android and Apple’s iOS.

Intel predicts that their processors are used in 40 million tablets this year. Between 80 to 90% will have the operating system from Google, says the CEO of chipmaker, Brian Krzanich.

“The composition of the set of operating systems with which we work reflects very well the scenario of the market” considered in the presentation of quarterly revenue of Intel. Most Android tablets with Intel processors and use more outdated Medfield and Clover Trail chips.

There will be more tablets with the same system and a more recent version of the Atom processor, called the Bay Trail at the end of this quarter. .’s First tablet with Android based on this chip, the DreamTab, was announced in January, but still is not being supplied

This does not mean that the chip maker is to abandon Windows – far from it . Just follow the market trend. Krzanich expects Windows “grow and gain strength” in the mobility space.

The 40 million tablets supported by Intel chips to be delivered this year will give the company from 15% to 20% of tablet market, provides the Intel CFO Stacy Smith. The manufacturer provided five million chips in the first quarter, but the revenue from your group mobility and communications fell 61% year on year.

The growth will be due to subsidy initiatives and focus on a Android low end market. One of the most important releases of the company is scheduled for later this year and is the processor for mobility, Sofia, with integrated 3G modem. Equip smartphones and tablets priced under $ 250, Krzanich said, and next year will have a 4G modem communications.