With tablet chip, Intel tries to lessen its dependency on PCs

JMH · Oct 1, 2012

With Intel unveiling a tablet processor this week, analysts say the chip maker may be on track to becoming less dependent on the struggling PC market.

Intel on Thursday took the wraps off a new processor code-named Clover Trail. The Atom Z2760 chip is set to launch when Microsoft ships Windows 8 toward the end of October.

The chip is designed to boost battery life and performance for Windows 8 tablets.

The unveiling of the new tablet chip is a big step for Intel, which has dominated the PC market but has yet to compete in the burgeoning tablet market where ARM chips dominate. Tablets have been taking a big chunk out of a PC sales and Intel needs to branch out into other lucrative -- and growing -- markets.

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With tablet chip, Intel tries to lessen its dependency on PCs

JMH

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