Intel launches its Lakefield 3D packaged hybrid processors

[HEXUS]

It is aiming to secure a foothold in ultra-light and innovative form factors.

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[Tabbykatze]

This feels like a case of "an answer to a problem that no one had"?

I mean, sure, this is useful int he ultra low power and mimics ARM, but was there such a need for this?

[LSG501]

This feels like a case of "an answer to a problem that no one had"?

I mean, sure, this is useful int he ultra low power and mimics ARM, but was there such a need for this?

MS neo was/is suspposed to be using this, personally I'd have gone arm based on it but MS obviously wants to keep x86/x64 users happy.

Probably is a use for it in super compact mobile devices but most on here would likely just be saying... why not use arm on them too lol

[3dcandy]

ARM is huge. Intel want a slice of that pie....

[Kanoe]

I mean, sure, this is useful int he ultra low power and mimics ARM, but was there such a need for this?

I guess that's the point, they are going after ARM device market share whilst being able to tout x86 compatability.

[DanceswithUnix]

ARM is huge. Intel want a slice of that pie....

Every big manufacturer of ARM devices has their own silicon. So Intel can't sell to Apple, Samsung or Huawei.

This would make for a nice Chromebook, if the fancy packaging doesn't put the cost totally out of the running.

I guess that's the point, they are going after ARM device market share whilst being able to tout x86 compatability.

Ever used an Atom based Android phone or tablet? Intel is a strike against in the ARM held markets.

[mtyson]

[Yoyoyo69]

This feels like a case of "an answer to a problem that no one had"?

I mean, sure, this is useful int he ultra low power and mimics ARM, but was there such a need for this?

Intel are well aware they are very close to losing a fortune to AMD, they are unable to stop this. They can't compete until they come up with a good product, which is years away, at best.

They need something they can spin easily, which critics can't immediately put down.

I suspect they will be looking to Apple (and in the background apple will be using this as a buffer until they can fully run a decent system on their chip alone).

Intel are desperate, they are at a point whereby if they don't do something decent soon, investors will start running, they won't recover from that easily. (the bigger they are).

They are eying a slice of the Arm space, which directly competing with their own chips. I expect this to fail (although Intel will once again spin and throw / buy into market).

[Xlucine]

Atom 2: Atom Harder.

Every big manufacturer of ARM devices has their own silicon. So Intel can't sell to Apple, Samsung or Huawei.

This would make for a nice Chromebook, if the fancy packaging doesn't put the cost totally out of the running.

They've sold it to samsung:
https://hexus.net/tech/news/laptop/1...lakefield-cpu/

[DanceswithUnix]

They've sold it to samsung:
https://hexus.net/tech/news/laptop/1...lakefield-cpu/

But that's just taking sales away from a different Intel CPU, or at best denying AMD a win. I'm sure there are plenty of people who wouldn't drop £1000 on an ARM based laptop (unless it had an Apple badge ofc), now those people can buy one running AMD64 Windows.

If an Intel chip turns up in a Galaxy Tab, then I'll raise an eyebrow.