After 40 years at the helm of Intel, Paul Otellini stepped down and Brian Krzanich was appointed as the CEO. In his opening speech, Krzanich mentioned that one of his key areas of focus will be the mobile device segment, though he didn’t delve deeper into his plans. Today, a Reuters report has quoted a source as saying that the new CEO has re-organized quite a few key business groups and created a ‘new devices’ unit. (more…)Google+

Intel’s new CEO Brian Krzanich, the successor of the Paul Otellini, has admitted that Intel has lagged behind in the smartphone and tablet race, and has also assured that the chipset maker will now be more focused towards this segment by advancing their chipsets technologies. According to a Reuters report, at the annual shareholder meeting held a day back, Krzanich said that under Otellini the company continued to concentrate in the PC processors and totally ignored the proliferating mobile device segment. ...

Today, is Paul Otellini’s last day as CEO of Intel, a company he has helmed since 2005 and in an extensive profile by TheAtlantic he revealed that an Intel chip could have been in original iPhone. It was revealed that Otellini personally decided against a deal that would have ensured an Intel chip inside the iPhone. The iPhone was the device that really kickstarted the modern mobile revolution and Intel’s travails in the mobile space have been well documented in a post iPhone world. (more…)G...

Intel calls the Silvermont as its biggest innovation and rightfully so. The new architecture is versatile enough to power microservers to desktops to tablets, and will have a major impact on its mobility plans. The SoC is based on a 22nm process and Intel claims will have a significant reduction in power consumption but also significant improvement in performance. (more…)Google+

Back in November we had reported Intel’s CEO Paul Otellini would retire in May after 5 years at the helm, however the chipset vendor had not announced his successor. Intel today announced that COO Brian Krzanich would take his place on May 16, at the company’s annual stockholders’ meeting. (more…)Google+

When one thinks about graphics then Nvidia and AMD are the first companies that come to mind. Not Intel. One thinks about Intel in terms of pure computing performance terms, but this year Intel is trying to shed that image, which its new ‘Iris’ integrated graphics chip that will improve graphical performance greatly. Intel says that in some cases the ‘Iris’ graphics found in Haswell CPUs will deliver twice or thrice the graphical performance seen in the current generation IVY bridge CPUs, the Verge r...

Lava’s sub-brand Xolo has unveiled a new smartphone the X1000, which also becomes its third smartphone to run an Intel chipset. The X1000 is powered by the 2GHz version of Intel’s Medfield chipset that was previously seen in the Motorola Razr i. The device does not only come with Intel’s chipset but also adds some high-end features at the price of Rs 19,999. We went hands on with it, read on to find out more. (more…)Google+

Lava’s sub-brand Xolo has launched its third Intel powered smartphone in India – the Xolo X1000 for Rs 19,999. It is based on the first generation Intel Atom Z2480 processor codenamed Medfield that Intel released last year. Unlike the Xolo X900, this chipset is clocked at 2GHz with hyper-threading and was previously seen in the UK bound Motorola Razr i. This also fits perfectly with what we reported a few hours back. (more…)Google+

It’s been whispered for quite some time now, that Apple might be looking at a new chipmaker for its phones and tablets as it is not too pleased with Samsung becoming a strong competitor with its own brand of phones and tablets. Now, according to a report on Reuters, Apple might turn to Intel for large-scale manufacturing of ARM chips used on its devices. (more…)Google+

After teasing its latest generation Atom chips geared for smartphones, Intel has officially launched three new CloverTrail+ mobile chipsets – the Z2580, Z2560 and Z2520. The three chips are clocked at 2.0GHz, 1.6GHz and 1.2GHz respectively and all of them have twin cores. Intel combines these CPUs with PowerVR SGX 544 GPUs which make them more competitive than the Medfield chips it launched last year. That said, these chips retain the 32nm manufacturing process we saw in the original Medfield chip, whic...

It is the time of the year when gadget enthusiasts all across the globe have their eyes set on the upcoming annual Mobile World Congress event set to kick off on Monday in Barcelona. The city bedazzles with sheen of new products set to be unveiled soon, while the worldwide mobile players release teasers and advertise for their innovations and flagship products to raise the anticipation of tech bees at the MWC. From biggies to relatively newbies in the line, all have their share of products ready to be showcas...

We have heard a number of rumours about a purported Asus tablet that will be named the FonePad. Of course this sounds very similar to the PadFone, but the FonePad could be a smaller 7-inch tablet that would have embedded calling capabilities. The folks at The Unwired View are reporting that this tablet will be powered by Intel’s new Lexington Z2420 Atom chip which has a clock speed of 1.2GHz and hyper threading technology. This news comes as an image of the back plate of the device surfaced that brandis...