John,
I just read that article.
A market as big as the future phone market is just the ticket to a new level of consciousness for Intel watchers.
as handsets become web-enabled and start to perform more complex functions, they're going to require higher amounts of processing power — Intel's specialty. "The industry as a whole is moving toward Intel's strengths,"
By combining all the guts for 3G cell phones, Kumar figures Intel has cooked up the main ingredients for next-generation handsets. "By the time 3G phones emerge in late 2001, Intel should be able to supply the CPU, DSP and flash memory while providing software compatibility with existing phones," the analyst said in a report Tuesday. "No other company has such a product portfolio."
Moreover, by making all the chip components for cell phones, Intel may be positioning itself to offer a so-called single-chip solution. As chips become tinier, the chip industry is moving towards cramming a variety of functions onto one slice of silicon. Smaller, multipurpose chips — say, a chip that combines a CPU, DSP and memory — would work particularly well in mobile phones, which shrink in size with each new model. By the time the second wave of 3G phones hits the market in 2002, Kumar says, Intel should be ready with a single-chip solution.
Barry
Nap rpt - 729 so far but others have borrowed far more from me than I've borrowed from them - Thank you Michael for borrowed <g> |
