Back in the spring we became aware of an agreement between the company Intel and RockChip, under which the latter will be involved in the development of x86-compatible processors on the platform SoFIA and distribution of its own customers. Intel can give the green light to the development of x86-compatible solutions by Spreadtrum company .
Spreadtrum products aimed at the entry-level market. High level of competition in this segment is not conducive to a high profit, with Spreadtrum is unlikely to reach a higher level with the existing solutions based on ARM architecture . In addition, the company's costs are too high for the production that fails to compensate for even the Chinese government subsidies. Thus, the beginning of cooperation with Spreadtrum Intel would be a smart move.
Cooperation will Spreadtrum benefits of advanced lithographic technologies Intel, the latter is able to thus further promote the x86 platform in the mobile segment, as well as take the idle production capacity of production for a partner.