Dell and Hewlett-Packard (HP), on the other hand, have nearly non-existent positions in high mobility.
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It is packed with features that high-spec performance, such as high mobility (TX300CA-C4021HS), in every scene.
But the high mobility market is just beginning to take off, and the future is still up for grabs.
Qualcomm is heir apparent at the silicon end of the high mobility business.
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High mobility devices today are mostly based on ARM processors.
Intel continues to own the performance crown in high mobility.
And Globalfoundries and its customers have the pole position in high mobility, offering an ultra-low power mobile SoC with a whole ecosystem around it rather than just a processor.
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Intel may lead in process node technology and dominate the PC market, but a whole new crop of companies has arisen to rule in high mobility (smartphones, tablets, Ultrabooks).
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Qualcomm, which is supplying its Snapdragon systems on a chip (SoCs) to several vendors about to launch WinRT systems, highlights several capabilities that distinguish these high mobility devices from PCs.
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So, hurrah and all that for Oak Trail, but this new processor represents just the vanguard in a horde that will follow it over the next several years as the battle for high mobility intensifies.
But this introduction is just the beginning of a faster cadence of introductions, which, over the next two years, will bring Intel into direct competition with its main rival in the high mobility space: ARM.
Intel has said that it will be able to announce smartphone and tablet wins for its Atom chips by yearend for delivery in products in 2012, but for the moment, high mobility is in the hands of the ARM camp.
Next down is the Snapdragon S4 Pro, which covers the performance end of the high-mobility space, including thin notebooks, tablets, and high-end smartphones.
Qualcomm smashed analyst estimates, benefitting from the floodtide of demand in the high-mobility (smartphone and tablet) segment.
Apple proves the point that a computer company can become a high-mobility company.
Thus, in the important high-mobility category (phones and tablets), where Apple and Google are cleaning up, Microsoft is 0 for 2.
The company is looking for ways to get further involved in the high-mobility business (all day computing with a smartphone, tablet, or small notebook).
That result was pretty well expected, part of the continuing market shift over to the high-mobility side of the house, characterized by smartphones and tablets.
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Market watchers have speculated that Apple might be trying to deny others access to these parts, which are critical to newly blossoming high-mobility markets.
With the great shift from PCs over to high-mobility devices, a lot of change is coming to the ecosystem that makes the chips that run them.
Both hardware makers are working to expand their high-mobility portfolios, but Dell is more focused on enterprise solutions, and HP has indicated that these products will not be rushed to market.
And high-mobility-chip designers are facing an array of choices.
Now, the high-mobility device has taken over that role.
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On the one hand, Intel is taking more knitting in, but could still be viewed as a competitor with its own interest in penetrating the high-mobility market with its low-power Atom chips.
Intel, ever a bellwether of the tech industry, still maintains high margins, but growth has clearly slowed, and, given increased competition, particularly from high-mobility devices, margins are likely to decline from this point on.
As high-mobility devices like smartphones and tablets continue their rapid rise in prominence, representing an increasing proportion of all Internet access devices, many processor sales are going to ARM licensees these days rather than to Intel and AMD.
The earlier group enjoyed a high degree of mobility but the later one was less fortunate, suggesting that movement between income groups is slowing down.
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