Why did Intel fail in Mobile?

The common explanation for why Intel lost the mobile market is that its x86 mobile processors either drew too much power or weren’t powerful enough compared with their ARM counterparts. Intel’s decision to sell its ARM division and XScale processor line in 2006 has been widely derided as a critical error.

Will Intel stop making chips?

Intel is one of the few remaining semiconductor companies that both designs and manufactures its own chips. In an interview with Reuters, Gelsinger said Intel has “fully resolved” its problems with its most recent manufacturing technology and is “all systems go” on chips for 2023.

What went wrong with Intel?

Intel’s basic problem was that the mobile chip market didn’t seem profitable enough to be worth the trouble. Intel had built a sophisticated business around the PC chip. Its employees were experts at building, selling, distributing, and supporting PC chips.

Is Intel still in the mobile market?

Intel still isn’t a significant player in the mobile market — iPhones, iPads, and Android-based phones and tablets mostly use chips based on a competing standard called ARM. The company is still making solid profits — it just announced a $2 billion profit for the first quarter of 2016.

Is Intel selling its communications chip business?

The reported communications-chip sale is said to be part of Intel’s plan to overhaul the company. Intel is also set to include the layoff or redeployment of 16,000 employees, according to speculation from one Web site. Change “communications” to mobile, adjust the number of fired employees, and that paragraph could’ve been written today.

Should Apple worry about Intel’s shortage of new processors?

And Apple won’t have to worry as much about supply problems Intel may face when those new processors do finally launch. In November, for example, Dell and HP said Wall Street could expect lower revenue because of an Intel chip shortage that affected how many computers HP and Dell could get to market.