Mastering the new market segments, Intel company not only invests in strange companies and makes some absorptions. For example, the graphic core powerVR SGX for the systems on base of processors atom z5xx Intel company borrowed from imagination technologies company. The purchase of finished solution allows to save time in comparison with conducting own developments.
Intel company intends to use developments of the Dutch company silicon hive in the region of parallel working of Atom for the mobile and built in devices given in their processors. Intel company in its time put about $7 ml in the development of silicon hive company, now it is time to gather some developments. During October 2008 Intel obtained the license for the use of silicon hive developments in the mobile products.
From the words of Intel representatives, the collaboration with Silicon hive will allow companies to enlarge the multimedia possibilities of atom processors, used in smart phone and built in technology. If we consider that plane computer apple iPad does not support multithreaded applications, Intel completely can propose to the producers of competitive decisions its processors with the advanced functions working with several applications simultaneously.