AMD says NO to Smartphone processors

AMD, one of the leading computer proccessor maker, is not going to make proccessors for smartphones, despite of the heavy boom in smartphone business. General manager of AMD's computing solutions group Randy Allen said:

“We don't expect the MID (Mobile Internet Device) market to become meaningful relative to other opportunities we can address ... of all the opportunities we could go after, we have eliminated microprocessors for smart phones.”

Rather they would go for ultra-portable and mini-notebook computers, which is considered as something that stand between a laptop and a netbook. AMD is very keen in making profit by saying that they will only focus on the area where they are sure to turn a profit. That is why AMD is too selective and is getting ready for the battle with Intel's Atom processors.

AMD is planning a dual-core processor for this segment. The 65nm part codenamed Conseus. scheduled for 2009, features 1MB of cache, DDR2 RAM and a sub 25W TDP. In 2010 and in 2011 Conseus will be followed by Geneva and Ontario(32nm).