Apple rejected Intel Moorestown stating it consumes more power
Rumors have spread that Intel’s Moorestown Atom chips are no more advisable to run in the mobile devices as they consume too much power, as decided by the Cupertino engineers. Intel has a strong belief that their Moorestown is an ideal chip to run in the high-end Smartphones and they thought it would set a new market to capitalize. According to reports from Fudzilla, it is said that the Apple is looking for idle power consumption which is ten times lower than what the Moorestown is managing currently. It is considered to be a big blow for Intel as it has failed to reach the Apple’s expectations and lost a big deal.
Apple is looking to make an ARM-based tablet which is good enough to draw Moorestown’s power at full speed, but the device may give shorter battery life when run in standby mode. Moorestown Atom unites graphics and memory controller into a small 45 nm processor codenamed Lincroft. Moorestown in its initial design has targeted mobile internet devices (MIDs) of 4-inch or larger screens with supported battery life par to a notebook than a smartphone. Intel is looking forward to target the Apple’s much-rumored tablet. Apple’s purchase of a PA Semiconductor last year is a point to note that they may use these chips in the devices released by them in near future.
[via electronista]
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