Intel adds Android to Moorestown compatibility list, wants to Atomize your smartphone
By Vlad Savov 
posted April 13th 2010 5:41AM
posted April 13th 2010 5:41AM
posted April 13th 2010 5:41AM
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This makes it look like the rumoured HP slate android variant even more likely, i'd love to be able to dual boot android and windows depending on what i want to do.
@cherryboom
Doesnt its not possible or hasnt been done before
@cherryboom Windows 7 is Touch Enabled out of the box. So no need to buy it with the device itself... :)
@cherryboom I never said they would sell it with both operating systems installed at the same time. Like with netbooks you would have the option to buy it with windows or linux/android installed. Since it is using standard PC components getting dual-booting setup would be simple.
@elvinu
We've been told that hp is packaging a advanced touch program with the slate. I don't know what this entails yet, hopefully advanced stylus controls and actions. I want a super wacom tablet
Android is the place to be by the looks of things. Got to love freedom of choice.
I don't want Intel inside my Android!
This would be amazing!
How knows?!? atom on N2 ?
@MGS88 how > who
@MGS88 Actually who > how...
But then the smartphones power level will be over 9000.
@HawtDawg Fine I'll do it...
Over 9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now we can see the biggest advantage of Open Source - portability between platforms. By the way, this was the original reason behind the C programming language - you write the code once and then you compile it for whatever target machine. Please note, that this model requires distribution of sources, rather than binaries. Binaries are useless from the point of view of portability.
@stoffer - correct me if im wrong but isnt it the same for other language? As long as you got a compiler for that platform and that the code meets the hardware requirements, you can get it up and running. Then again, i could be wrong.
@badmouse - yes, but I think that portability was the main idea behind C. Then the software and hardware companies decided, that they can fleece us better if they will provide just the binaries, not the source code. It seems that Intel is slowly getting more interested in other software platforms, than from Microsoft. In fact, in the server world there is a term "Lintel" by analogy to "Wintel". That is a good move because it will bring us more competition among software companies. I do no know however, how risky this might be for Intel, because if something is easy to port from ARM to x86, then it will be easy to port from x86 to ARM. In fact, there has been demonstration of full-fledged Linux desktop OSes running on ARM.
@stoffer they didn't port shit it was done longer before they mention in this article it was ported to netbooks long before a company stuck a dual boot with together people aready did the work is all i'm saying don't ignore the devs the little guys responsible http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/14/android-x86-livecd-now-available-lets-you-run-android-on-your-d/
@stoffer Full fledged Linux desktops have been running on ARM for a LONG time. I mean REALLY LONG time. So it isn't anything new at all.
@Darkseider I did not say that full-fledged Linux on ARM is something new. What I meant is that a capable desktop OS might be business threat for Intel. For now, Linux and ARM is mainstream in routers and embedded devices, but not in the desktop segment of the computer market. More powerful ARM with Linux on top might be a business threat to Intel.
Android is so much choice. Hardware, UI, Vendor, Carrier, etc. My iPhone looks so ashamed by now but I am still holding out for a while until I buy one of the upcoming Android devices.
@dieterk Too much choice is actually a negative for most people because they have such a hard time making up their minds.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paradox_of_Choice
@vqro
ok, so if you believe that shit, then why not declare apple the government for the world?
Cool, now my Android phone can last only 5 hours instead of 10!
Could also be related to Google TV, as it will run on Atom.
ARM > X86
@Eternity exactly, i just read a article a few days ago that explained how arm and x86 chips work and arm processors are way more powerful and energy efficient. intel will never make it to the mobile space unless switch to a risc architecture
I don't care much about Atom news, I want to hear more about Qualcomm's 1.5GHz processor and its possible use in the HTC Scorpion!
Any news on that front?
Atom + Android = Awesome tablet
Atom + Android = Crappy phone
On that note what about the Cortex A-9 and the new OMAP, Snapdragon processor based on this core(s)?! Those would be the most interesting as the last I had heard a dual core A9 delivers phenoinal performance at the same power levels as a single core cortex A8.
@Darkseider And don't forget:
X + Android = Same apps.
No matter whether X is Atom, ARM, or even the upcoming LEG coprocessor.
@Bosco Except now, native ARM apps compiled to not use the Dalvik VM are allowed. So, those can't run on x86 without (slow) ARM emulation.
@Darkseider "Atom + Android = Awesome tablet"
Why would it be more awesome with an atom instead of a ARM based CPU?
Android is a lightweight OS that runs perfectly fine on even some older ARM CPU's so it doesn't really need that little bit of extra raw power the atom can deliver. But a tablet is a mobile device witch would benefit from a large batterylife that the ARM's can give us.
On mobile devices: batterylife > power.
Android FTW!!!
I just came...
but this still doesn't beat the 1.5ghz dual core Qualcomm chip...
Awesome! AWESOME! OMAP, ARM, Intel, Qualcom, I guess we're going to start getting some snappy devices as status quo in a year. Always another year... right tmo?
@TrumanHW
OMAP and the Qualcom Snapdragon have ARM based CPUs powering them. Competition from Intel is good, but ARM's RISC chips are more power efficient than any Intel offering currently.
I think its far more likely we see an Atom powered Android tablet, than smartphone.
Who cares?
Is it more powerful than a Snapdragon?
If so, how does the battery draw (life) compare?