Intel claims 'superiority' over ARM in phone video
An Intel video claims its phone chip is now superior to ARM. We'll have to see about that.
Intel is turning up the bravado in a new video that boasts "superiority" over ARM in phones.
Intel may be engaging in a bit of ad copy puffery with this caption penned by Francois Piednoel: "A little demo of x86 superiority over ARM."
Intel's first dual-core phone chip, Clover Trail+, isn't shipping in products yet, so it's by no means clear if it can out-benchmark and outlast phones based on the newest ARM chips from Qualcomm, Nvidia, and Samsung.
That said, the phone that the Clover Trail+ processor will debut in is worth checking out. The Android-based Lenovo K900 has 5.5-inch 1,920x1,080 IPS display (that yields about 400 pixels per inch), a 13MP camera with Sony's new Exmor RS BSI sensor, and a 6.9mm profile.
The K900 will initially only be available in Asia, however.
The Intel video goes on to say, "They told you we could not do it...they were wrong" -- another reference to the ARM-vanquishing Clover Trail+.
In fact, Intel may be getting a little ahead of itself. The silicon that probably has the best chance to challenge ARM is the upcoming "Merrifield" system-on-a-chip, which will be based on an entirely new microarchitecture and be the first phone chip to tap Intel's 22-nanometer 3D chip technology. That's due later this year.