While multi-core processors today are already familiar weapons laptops, other mobile devices, they are just beginning their aggressive way. According to analyst firm forecasts In-Stat , next year will be a key in the spread of multi-core chips in the industry netbooks and smartphones. Mobile Computing MID and UMPC mass will move to multi-core architecture in 2011, and during 2012-2013 will follow as other consumer electronics.
According to experts, by 2013 almost 88% of all processors sold, market-oriented mobile devices will be multicore. Currently, the industry is dominated by the x86 architecture by the notebook segment. But in the future the situation could change significantly in favor of ARM. According to In-Stat analyst Jim McGregor (Jim McGregor), the integration of graphics and multimedia accelerators in a single chip is a key trend in the mobile industry.
In-Stat predicts intensification of the struggle for the mobile market with representation in late 2009 and throughout 2010 the new multi-core solutions based on two key architectures – ARM, and x86.
materials on the topic:
– Preliminary projections for IT industry for 2010;
– IDC: record growth in the market of processors in Q309, Atom – the leaders;
– ABI Research: 32% netbooks are sold with Linux.
