Intel continues gathering its forces for a push into processors for multimedia-friendly smart phones and other ultra mobile devices.

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Menlow chips, including one code-named "Silverthorne, " are being designed especially for "mobile Internet devices" and "ultra-mobile PCs, " according to Intel.

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This year, Otellini could show up in San Francisco to toss Jobs a chip intended for inclusion in a variety of Apple mobile devices, including tablets, ultra-mobile computers and advanced versions of the iPhone.

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Microsoft began its latest effort in 2006 with Origami, pushing gizmo builders to create a new class of devices dubbed Ultra Mobile Personal Computers.

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And then there is the capacity to offer ads across all devices, from mobile, to ultra to TV.

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New compression formats like HEVC (high efficiency video coding) may be the key to enabling Ultra HD and making room for the explosion of mobile devices.

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For example, this year we are seeing Ultra High-Definition televisions, digital health and fitness products, a variety of mobile-connected devices, and new in-car technologies from eight of the top 10 automotive makers.

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