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Analysis: Why Atom-based SoCs don't fly

Posted: 02 Mar 2010  Print Version  Bookmark and Share Subscribe

Keywords: Atom SoC  x86  processor  intellectual property 

[Summary of tips] You would think an x86 core would be a hot item for a SoC design but it seems that no one is biting on Intel Corp.'s offer last March to sell rights to an Atom core for SoCs made at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.Here are some armchair speculations. Most of it comes down to one thing—this new SoC model might h......
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