Major decisions: Intel announced that it would cancel the line-IT-Intel Atom chip information

Morning news on April 30, Beijing time, according to the ComputerWorld Web site reported that Intel may be about to exit the Smartphone and tablet computer markets. This means that Intel had invested in this market of billions of dollars will be wasted.

Intel spokesperson confirmed that Intel will be cancelled for mobile devices, codenamed Sofia and Broxton Atom processor development. As part of the massive restructuring plan, Intel announced this month that it would cut 12,000 jobs. Both chips will be Intel's first product to give up.

According to Intel spokesman's statement, originally used to develop the Broxton and Sofia chip resources will be turned to "can bring high returns, advance our strategic products".

In both chips after being canceled, Intel Mobile chip road map would appear obvious deficiencies. Intel current smart-phone and tablet computer chips have gradually become obsolete, it is urgent to upgrade, but there is no Intel will launch any new products in this area. Sofia chips already shipped, and Broxton had intended to ship chips, but the delivery has been delayed.

Intel will no longer continue to develop Atom X5 tablet computer chips, the chips, code-named Cherry Trail. Intel plans to use the code name Apollo Lake Pentium and Celeron chips to replace these products. Deformation of Pentium and Celeron chips are more concerned about the market, rather than a pure tablet. In the variant in this product, many PC manufacturers have chosen Skylake duo Intel m processor, instead of Cherry Trail chip.

Intel tablet is no longer regarded as a separate market, and various forms of devices are rapidly converging. Intel spokesman said the company will use the existing chip products to continue to support the current Tablet PC customers.

Under the plan, Intel will evaluate the product line and the project, so some products may be waived. Intel is trying to move away from dependence on the PC market, and may also be wise to cut mobile chips.

Intel has invested billions of dollars on developing mobile services. However, Intel is still unable to shake the market position of the leading ARM. At present only a few smart phones using the Intel Atom processor, and Tablet market is falling. Deformation of PC manufacturers are now more concerned about the present, rather than tablets.

Atom processor product line into trouble is not something a day or two. These processors were initially started out as a NetBook, netbooks, appear faded soon after. Intel Mobile chip upgrade and there is no fixed timetable. The previous generation Atom processor for servers release date is 2013.

Intel's mobile strategy, more associated with 5G. The insiders originally used in Sofia and Broxton engineering resources will be switched to 5G. New Internet speeds 100 times faster than 4G times 5G network, 5G network deployment is expected to begin in 2020. To the development of 5G will change the way device development. In addition to mobile devices, smart home devices, robots, drones, wearable devices, as well as industrial equipment will be networked.

Future focus will include Intel Xeon server chip, cloud computing, FPGA and Silicon Photonics.

重大决策：英特尔宣布将取消Atom芯片生产线 - 英特尔 - IT资讯

北京时间4月30日早间消息，据ComputerWorld网站报道，英特尔可能即将退出智能手机和平板电脑市场。这意味着英特尔此前在这一市场投资的数十亿美元将打水漂。

英特尔一名发言人确认，英特尔将取消面向移动设备、代号为Sofia和Broxton的凌动处理器的开发。作为大规模重组计划的一部分，英特尔本月宣布将裁员1.2万人。这两款芯片将成为被英特尔放弃的第一批产品。

根据英特尔发言人的说法，原本用于开发Broxton和Sofia芯片的资源将被转向“能带来更高回报，推进我们战略的产品”。

在这两款芯片被取消之后，英特尔的移动芯片路线图将出现明显的缺失。英特尔当前的智能手机和平板电脑芯片已逐渐过时，亟需升级，但目前还看不到英特尔将在这一领域推出任何新产品。Sofia芯片已经出货，而Broxton芯片原计划今年出货，但发货时间已被推迟。

英特尔也将不再继续开发凌动X5系列的平板电脑芯片，这些芯片代号为Cherry Trail。英特尔计划用代号Apollo Lake的奔腾和赛扬芯片来取代这些产品。而奔腾和赛扬芯片更关注变形本市场，而非单纯的平板电脑。在变形本产品中，许多PC厂商已选择英特尔的Skylake酷睿M处理器，而不是Cherry Trail芯片。

英特尔不再将平板电脑视为一个单独的市场，而多种形式的设备正在迅速融合。英特尔发言人表示，该公司将用已有的芯片产品继续支持当前的平板电脑客户。

根据重组计划，英特尔将评估产品线和项目，因此一些产品可能将被放弃。英特尔正试图摆脱对PC市场的依赖，而砍掉移动芯片可能也是明智之举。

英特尔投入了数十亿美元用于发展移动业务。不过，英特尔仍然未能动摇市场领先者ARM的地位。目前只有很少的智能手机采用英特尔凌动处理器，而平板电脑市场也在滑坡。PC厂商目前更关注变形本，而不是单纯的平板电脑。

凌动处理器产品线陷入困境已不是一两天的事。这类处理器最初从上网本起步，但上网本在出现不久后就逐渐消亡。英特尔对移动芯片的升级并没有固定时间表。上一代面向服务器的凌动处理器发布时间还是2013年。

英特尔的移动战略目前更多地与5G相关。业内人士认为，原本用于Sofia和Broxton的工程资源将被转向开发5G芯片。新的5G网络网速将比4G快100倍，预计5G网络的部署将从2020年开始。向5G的发展将改变设备开发方式。除了移动设备之外，智能家居设备、机器人、无人机、可穿戴设备，以及工业物联网设备都将联网。

英特尔未来的关注重点将包括至强服务器芯片、云计算、FPGA，以及硅光子学。