Is Intel better than Snapdragon?

The Intel HD615 in the Core i5 is about 68 percent faster than the Adreno 540 in the Snapdragon 835. Intel’s HD615 integrated graphics is about 68 percent faster than the Snapdragon’s Adreno 540, even when running native ARM code.

Does Intel use Qualcomm?

Intel’s first major customers will be Qualcomm and Amazon. Qualcomm, which dominates chips for mobile phones, will use what Intel is calling its 20A chipmaking process, which will use new transistor technology to help reduce how much power the chip consumes. Intel excels in this packaging technology, analysts say.

Why did Intel fail in the mobile market?

The common explanation for why Intel lost the mobile market is that its x86 mobile processors either drew too much power or weren’t powerful enough compared with their ARM counterparts. Intel’s decision to sell its ARM division and XScale processor line in 2006 has been widely derided as a critical error.

Why didn’t Intel make chips for cell phones?

Intel could make cell phone chips, licensing the ARM design like everybody else. But Intel had no competitive advantage in this market. Worse, they had high cost fabs to pay off and billions in research (for PC processors) to recoup. Their costs just made the cell phone market a non-starter.

What happened to Intel’s Communications Business?

As EETimes reported in 2006: Intel (Santa Clara, Calif.) spent more than $10 billion to enter the communications business over the years, but the microprocessor giant lost its shirt — if not millions of dollars in the arena. The reported communications-chip sale is said to be part of Intel’s plan to overhaul the company.

Why did Intel sell XScale to arm?

From Intel’s perspective, selling XScale made sense. Building a mobile processor business around ARM cores would have limited Intel’s ability to leverage its own IP and expertise in x86 manufacturing, while simultaneously cutting into its profits (Intel would have owed significant royalties to ARM if such a design ever became popular).