Replies to post #128884 on Intel Corp (INTC)

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In February, Intel will announce its next-generation Merrifield-based 22nm smartphone processor, the dual-core Atom SoC (2.13GHz) at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014. The platform will feature the XMM 7160 LTE solution and NXP's PN547 NFC solution, and is set to start shipping at the end of March

Wow, that's not going to be competitive at all. XMM 7160 (lacks TD-LTE, TD-SCDMA, CDMA, and LTE-A) is weak-sauce, and 2.13GHz max turbo is fairly lackluster. All shipping at the END of March?

I called it a while ago: Merrifield is a dud. This isn't an attack - it's just a cold, realistic assessment of the facts. Expect very limited traction with any smartphone vendor that matters.

[fastpathguru]

Handsets maybe but not handset chips

That's not the impression I get from that article. It appears to say that if Intel's 2014 efforts peter out (including the 2014 device/product rollouts you highlighted), then Intel will be thinking hard about what it's 2015 smartphone plans are.

After all, Intel doesn't have any "handsets business" worth mentioning.

fpg