Intel has slashed the power consumption of its new "Moorestown" chip platforms for mobile devices, a big boost for its efforts to grab a slice of a booming market for chips in cellphones and other consumer electronics.
Anand Chandrasekher, a senior vice president at Intel and general manager for the ultra mobility group, also said the company is open to joining forces with the world's largest cellphone maker, Nokia, on a Linux-based operating system. Analysts have previously said Intel's chip-and-chipset platforms will be too power-hungry for portable consumer electronics and cellphones, when compared with rival platforms based on ARM Holdings Plc architecture.
