Replies to post #128908 on Intel Corp (INTC)

[wbmw]

I'm basically writing off INTC's mobile efforts this year and focusing more on the PC/server story.

High-level, I don't disagree. Intel is practically silent on their phone prospects for this year, so from a business perspective, it's likely to be negligible (buried within the mobile group losses).

I'm just making a point on capabilities of the feature set. To your point, it may not be enough for U.S. consumption, and it may not be enough to get on the China LTE network. However, China will probably consumer 100s of millions of phones with no more than 3G capabilities this year, and there's also Europe, Middle East, Africa, South America, and other geos with large emerging markets. Merrifield is a lot more competitive than the current mid-range product line, and should win some designs.

[simplytom]

Maybe, but we'll have to see. My concern isn't so much lack of cat 6 as it is:

* Lack of TD-SCDMA (China, anyone?)
* Lack of TD-LTE (China, anyone? )
* Lack of CDMA (Verizon/Sprint?)
* Not integrated into the apps processor

I don't know. I'm basically writing off INTC's mobile efforts this year and focusing more on the PC/server story.

Cat 6 is useless.
I mean buy the best WIFI Router you can get (at the moment Asus RT-AC68U) and connect a Galaxy Note 3. Best Upload Download rates with WIFI?

Anybody?

15 MBytes per second.
This is 120 MBit per second.

If you want to present the speed of a LTE implementation you use a LTE-USB-stick and a laptop.

A smartphone-SoC has too small data highways ondie.
All theory is grey.