Intel-based Lava Xolo smartphone keeps pace with ARM rivals, says report.
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Intel-based Lava Xolo X900.
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The first phone based on Intel silicon keeps pace with rival devices using chips from longstanding mobile standard bearer ARM, a report said Wednesday.
"For Intel, answering the looming ARM threat is obviously hugely important for the future," saidreview site Anandtech.
"So how did Intel's first attempt fare? In short, reasonably well," the site's Brian Klug wrote.
For the first time, a commercial smartphone is packing Intel silicon, the Atom 'Medfield" Z2460. India-based Lava announced the Xolo X900 this week.
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Benchmarks showed the X900 keeping up with market-leading Android phones like the Samsung Galaxy S2, Motorola Droid Razr Maxx, Apple iPhone 4S, and HTC One S.
And most of those sport dual-core processors. Intel's phone is single core but includes itsHyper-Threading technology, which, in some cases, can emulate a dual-core chip.
"The Atom Z2460 in the X900 is a competent dual-core Cortex A9 competitor with competitive battery life and power draw...If Intel's goal with both Medfield and the X900 was to establish a foothold in the smartphone [chip] space and demonstrate that it can indeed deliver x86 in a smaller form factor and lower power profile than ever before, then it truly is mission accomplished," Klug wrote.
But Intel has a few more steps to take before it delivers an industry-leading smartphone chip, according to Klug. "There is however a big difference between middle of the road and industry leading, which is really the next step that we need to see from Intel."
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