Intel's Menlow Revealed: Baby Centrino Gets Ready @ Anandtech
 

*Source: Anandtech (http://anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/int....aspx?i=3199)*
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Despite CES 2008 being all about brand new displays and TVs, we got some of the most interesting information at the show from Intel, about microprocessors.

All smartphones, including the iPhone, suffer from poor performance. These devices all run highly integrated System on a Chip (SoC) designs, where power consumption matters first and foremost, with performance being a distant second consideration. Software compatibility is also a major concern, as the entire world of mobile and smart phones run on a tremendous number of incompatible platforms. A single software application or game must be at least recompiled if not re-written for virtually every single device it's going to go on.

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