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    Android, ARM Break Intel, AMD Reliance on Wintel to Power PCs, Servers

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    Jeff Burt
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    June 26, 2013
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      1Android, ARM Break Intel, AMD Reliance on Wintel to Power PCs, Servers

      1 - Android, ARM Break Intel, AMD Reliance on Wintel to Power PCs, Servers

      by Jeffrey Burt

      2Intel Embraces Google’s Android OS

      2 - Intel Embraces Google's Android OS

      Intel was late to recognize the tectonic shift that smartphones and tablets would cause among PCs. However, the giant chip maker has spent the past few years catching up, and in 2010 it started talking about optimizing Android to run on its Atom platform and later struck alliances with the likes of Motorola to make Intel-powered smartphones that run Android.

      3Intel Looks to Marry Core With Android

      3 - Intel Looks to Marry Core With Android

      Now there are reports that Intel is looking to hire a program manager who will oversee the effort to bring Android support to the company’s line of Core PC processors.

      4Samsung Brings Intel to a Galaxy Tablet

      4 - Samsung Brings Intel to a Galaxy Tablet

      Intel, whose chips are in more than a dozen tablets, scored a significant win in June when Samsung officials announced that one of its upcoming tablets, the Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch model, will be powered by Intel’s dual-core Atom chips.

      5AMD Also Looks to Chrome and Android

      5 - AMD Also Looks to Chrome and Android

      AMD, under CEO Rory Read, is dramatically reshaping itself into a company that wants to provide customers with whatever technology they want and whatever platforms they want. Given that, AMD—which has traditionally built x86 chips that run Windows—reportedly will design processors that can run Google’s Android and Chromes OSes, a move the chip maker hopes will give it more traction in the mobile device space.

      6HP Brings Android Into Its Tablets

      6 - HP Brings Android Into Its Tablets

      HP officials are offering a growing number of tablets and convertibles that run Android and complement the OEM’s Windows-based offerings. Most recently, HP introduced the Slate 21 all-in-one, which can be used as a desktop PC or a tablet. It runs Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) and is powered by Nvidia’s ARM-based Tegra 4 chip.

      7Other OEMs, From Acer to Lenovo to Asus, Also Put Android Into Their Devices

      7 - Other OEMs, From Acer to Lenovo to Asus, Also Put Android Into Their Devices

      Other system makers that have a history of making Wintel-based PCs have not been shy about embracing ARM and Android, and Dell is expected to leverage Android in upcoming tablets as well.

      8Microsoft Makes the Move to ARM

      8 - Microsoft Makes the Move to ARM

      Microsoft introduced a version of its Windows 8 OS—dubbed Windows RT—that works on the ARM architecture and then came out with a tablet that runs the operating system. While Microsoft’s Surface RT may not have been a huge seller, it was an indication that the software maker will do what it takes to push its way into the mobile device market.

      9Mozilla Aims a Linux OS at Mobile Devices

      9 - Mozilla Aims a Linux OS at Mobile Devices

      Mozilla is partnering with the likes of Foxconn to develop smartphones and tablets that will run the Linux-based Firefox OS.

      10ARM Turns Its Attention to Servers

      10 - ARM Turns Its Attention to Servers

      ARM officials for the past couple of years have been talking about the growing demand for low-power, dense servers and the opportunities it holds for the chip designer. The real push will come next year, when systems running chips based on the ARMv8 design—which will include 64-bit capabilities and greater virtualization support—will hit the market. Still, thanks to some partners and Linux, ARM chips already are being used in servers. “I don’t think the gap [between ARM and Intel in server processor technology] is as much as you might think,” Lakshmi Mandyam, director of ARM’s Server and Ecosystems unit, told eWEEK.

      11Calxeda, Marvell and Applied Micro Take the Lead

      11 - Calxeda, Marvell and Applied Micro Take the Lead

      The chip makers have grabbed ARM’s current 32-bit designs and created chips that can run many server workloads. In addition, Applied Micro in April introduced its 64-bit Gene-X system-on-a-chip (SoC), which officials said was sampling with HP.

      12Samsung Appears to Be Gearing Up for Servers

      12 - Samsung Appears to Be Gearing Up for Servers

      Reports have surfaced over the past year that ARM licensee Samsung is bulking up its server chip expertise in its Austin, Texas, facilities and will release a 64-bit ARM-based server chip next year.

      13AMD Will Make ARM-Based Server Chips

      13 - AMD Will Make ARM-Based Server Chips

      AMD officials have said that not only do they expect ARM to make deep inroads into the server chip market, but that AMD will dominate that part of the industry. AMD will design ARM-based server chips and begin selling them next year, starting with “Seattle.”

      14Intel Takes Aim at the Microserver Market

      14 - Intel Takes Aim at the Microserver Market

      Intel officials aren’t conceding the low-power server space to AMD and its partners. Last year the company came out with its “Centerton” Atom chips for microservers and later this year will roll out Centerton’s successor, “Avoton.”

      15HP Looks to ARM and Intel for Project Moonshot

      15 - HP Looks to ARM and Intel for Project Moonshot

      In November 2011, HP officials announced a partnership with Calxeda to create ultra-low-power servers that would include systems powered by ARM chips. However, while Moonshot servers running ARM and AMD chips are on the horizon, the first of the systems will be powered by Intel’s Centerton SoCs.

      16Dell Also Is Embracing ARM

      16 - Dell Also Is Embracing ARM

      Dell officials last year brought ARM-based “Copper” servers to select customers and also donated another ARM-based server design—dubbed “Zinc”—to the Apache Foundation. Dell’s efforts include chip makers Calxeda and Marvell.

      17Things Might Be Changing, but Wintel Won’t Disappear

      17 - Things Might Be Changing, but Wintel Won't Disappear

      Intel has an aggressive roadmap for its entire line of x86 chips—from Atom through Core and onto Xeon—for everything from smartphones, tablets and other form factors to microservers and larger systems, and is getting some positive feedback from analysts like Jefferies’ Mark Lipacis. Meanwhile, Microsoft is readying its Windows 8.1 (“Blue”) update.

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