Intel in the last few years has taken steps to become a full participant in the smartphone market. It is about the development of cellular modems and their integration into the SoC and even traditional processors. At the press conference, which was devoted to the proceedings of the company during the second quarter of calendar 2014, also addressed the development and manufacture of modems. Executive Director of Intel, Krzhanich Brian , did not go into details, but confirmed that his company is committed to start on the capacities of highly integrated solutions issue SoFIA family in late 2015 or early 2016.
Integrated modems generations 2G and 3G and will become an integral part of all Intel platforms from PCs to smart phones and devices Internet Things. Today and for the year 2015 issue SoFIA decisions will meet Taiwanese company TSMC. In the fourth quarter of 2014 TSMC will begin shipping dual-and quad SoC with modems 3G. In the first half of 2015 Taiwanese contractor prepares to release versions SoFIA modems LTE. Apparently, in this period will begin appearing model SoFIA, the development of which will be relevant Chinese company Rockchip.
Separately, the head of Intel stressed the importance of making family SoFIA to promote Chromebooks. The last to complete the work requires continuous connection to the Internet, which certainly highlights the cellular modems. In general, Intel hopes that it will be able to create integrated communication solutions with the correct price structure.