Intel and AMD processors cannot compete with ARM in terms of price.

Intel and AMD are working hard to develop low voltage processors for smartphones and tablets, but so far they cannot race with the solutions from ARM, in terms of price.

Intel introduced its 32nm Medfield processor with low power consumption of 11W TDP (for the Android segment) in January (at CES 2012), and is going to launch in the second half of this year Atom processors (with less than 10W TDP) planned for smartphones and tablets. The company will also continue to predictably shrink (according to Moore’s law) its manufacturing technology, with its future microprocessors – Saltwell with 32nm, then Silvermont with 22nm and Airmont with 14nm fabrication process.

Intel’s rival AMD is also expected to uncover at Computex 2012 its tablet APU – Hondo (with 5W power consumption), and plans to launch its 28nm Temash APU (with 2W TDP), in 2013.

If Intel and AMD lower their processors prices (with the upcoming Windows 8 OS) they might be able to compete with ARM, in 2013.

Via DigiTimes