Intel Company, this year expects to increase the number of tablets based on its own processors to 40 million units. In addition, manufacturers of tablets will receive assistance from Intel - both methodological and material. Some analysts have even calculated that the amount of subsidy Intel tablet manufacturers can reach $ 51 per processor.
Intel CFO Stacy Smith in an interview said that Intel is not going to sell processors for tablets at a loss. Subsidies partners and aid in the form of participation in the development of the tablet is really intended, but they are not particularly affect the profit margin of the company. Intel is able to keep the cost of processors production at a level that even the tablet with cost less than $ 199 will not undermine the profitability of this business. For example, Atom processor in production cost four times cheaper than Core i7. Of course, it is displayed in the final price of the processors, but Intel has the potential to further reduce the cost of processors.
Quark processors for portable computers, according to Smith, generally can cost one dollar, and from this they will become unprofitable for the manufacturer. Moore's law still allows Intel to keep production costs within the margins.
According to Smith, in the end, the market will remain only two manufacturers of processors for mobile devices. One of them, of course, will be Intel.