AMD Slams Intel's Atom S Processor: ''Too Little, Too Late''

[jake2447]

In other news, Intel says the same thing about every current AMD offering...

 

[GreaseMonkey_62]

Less talk more action, AMD.

 

[kidster3001]

[citation][nom]kog91[/nom]Not really. That's more of a stick in the eye toward companies that produce Wifi chipsets (Broadcom, etc. ) as Intel will eliminate them from future Intel-based products. Just one more way Intel is trying to squeeze as much profit as they can.[/citation]
Intel has been in the wireless business for almost a decade now. Remember something called Centrino? which kick-started the whole wireless laptop craze back in 2004? In order to use the Centrino brand name you had to use the Intel wireless solution in your laptop.

 

[kog91]

[citation][nom]kidster3001[/nom]Intel has been in the wireless business for almost a decade now. Remember something called Centrino? which kick-started the whole wireless laptop craze back in 2004? In order to use the Centrino brand name you had to use the Intel wireless solution in your laptop.[/citation]

Believe it or not, not every laptop with an Intel processor is branded as Centrino 😉

 

[blazorthon]

[citation][nom]kog91[/nom]Believe it or not, not every laptop with an Intel processor is branded as Centrino[/citation]

kidster3001 said that every Centrino laptop has an Intel CPU, not that every laptop with an Intel CPU is Centrino.

 

[kog91]

[citation][nom]blazorthon[/nom]kidster3001 said that every Centrino laptop has an Intel CPU, not that every laptop with an Intel CPU is Centrino.[/citation]

You missed my point. The industry still relies on other wireless chipset makers for devices. There are Intel laptops with Broadcom wireless, as well as many other vendors. However, if Intel starts integrating wireless into all of their mobile processors, there will no longer be any demand for other wireless chipsets in Intel-based laptops. This will drastically reduce competition in this area of the laptop market. Instead, these manufacturers will have to rely on their sales in other connected devices (tablets,phones) for the majority of their wireless chipset sales.

 

[kidster3001]

Yes, I understand. I was just stating that Intel has been in wireless for a long time now. Other vendors solutions were used by manufacturers because they were cheaper. If Intel can integrate into a single solution and provide something that is cheaper than what other vendors can provide how is that bad for the consumer?

This situation is similar to how Qualcomm has grabbed a huge chunk of the Wireless modem business with their integrated modem solution in SOC's. Their total solution is cheaper than buying someone else's modem and pairing with an SOC of choice. Until other vendors can integrate similarly Qualcomm is in a sweet position. We don't see too many people complaining about that though.