Intel reduces power consumption of chips for cellular

Intel has reduced the energy consumption of its new chip platform for mobile devices "Moorestown," which is a major step forward to enter the market for chips in mobile phones and electronic devices.

Anand Chandrasekher, Intel vice president and general manager of its mobility group, also said the company is open to joining forces with the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones, Nokia, to create a Linux-based operating system.

Analysts have said that Intel platforms of chips and chip sets require too much energy to be used in portable electronic devices and mobile phones, compared with the creations rival ARM Holdings.

But Chandrasekher told Reuters that the company is solving this problem. "We will be very close and almost at the same height," said energy consumption of the platform "Moorestown".

He explained that the average energy use Intel is improving now that the company has been able to drastically reduce the consumption of the chip in 'standby', esperanod one to another task.

The battery life - affected primarily by the large screens and powerful processors - is one of the most important challenges in the telephone sector. Last month, a senior official at Nokia said today ARM is "light years" from Intel in power management issue.

"This is really their first foray into mobile and 'smartphones'. This is the part of exploration, so to speak," said analyst David Kanter Real World Technologies.

"His 32-nanometer process will involve a series of relevant products for mobile phones," said Kanter.

"Moorestown," which is scheduled for 2010, is based on a 45-nanometer Atom processor. It expects its 32nm mobile platform, based on Atom and called "Medfield", quit in 2011.

Chandrasekher said that Moorestown would strengthen the position of Intel in the emerging markets of mobile Internet devices.

"This market is very wide. When we reach the middle of the next decade will be a category of 400 or 500 units," said Chandrasekher.

This year, Intel unveiled a deal with South Korea's LG Electronics on developing an Internet-based device "Moorestown".

In June, Intel introduced a joint technology project with Nokia on mobile devices and analysts said the deal would provide an opportunity for Intel when it comes to close the gap on the leaders in making chips Qualcomm and Texas Instruments.