Intel badly needs a way into the mobile business, and it may have found it through Motorola Mobility. Intel and Motorola today announced a multiyear, multidevice partnership in which Motorola would use Intel's processors to power its Android products. The two companies are planning to show off a device later this year, but they didn't specify whether it would be a tablet or a smartphone. A tie-up with Motorola is a major coup for Intel, which has struggled to get companies to use its processors for mobile devices. Its chips, which run on an architecture type known as x86, use more power and are more ideally suited to larger PCs and laptops. Virtually all mobile devices use ARM-based chips, which are more efficient and able to sleep longer without drawing as much power, and are better suited to smaller gadgets. As a result of those key differences, Intel has found few takers on the mobile end. Companies using ARM chips, such as Qualcomm and Tegra, have seen ...
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