Intel Versus ARM in Mobile Devices and Netbooks/Smartbooks:

Insight Into Critical Issues and Market Analysis

Table Of Contents

Chapter 1

Introduction

3

Chapter 2

Mobile Device Market

6

2.1

Introduction

6

2.2

Key Market Drivers

7

2.3

Feature Phones

10

2.4

Smart Phones

11

2.5

Low-End Voice Phones

15

2.6

Portable Media Players

15

2.7

Mobile Device Market Analysis

16

2.7.1

Market Analysis of Total Mobile Devices

18

2.7.2

Feature Phones Market Analysis and Forecast

27

2.7.3

Smart Phones Market Analysis and Forecast

29

2.7.4

Low-End Voice Phones Market Analysis and Forecast

31

2.7.5

Portable Media Players Market Analysis and Forecast

33

Chapter 3

Mobile Computing

35

3.1

Introduction

35

3.2

Key Market Drivers

35

3.3

Netbook Market Infrastructure

36

3.3.1

Hardware

37

3.3.2

Software/OS

37

3.3.3

Netbook Manufacturers

39

3.4

Smartbook Market Infrastructure

44

3.4.1

Hardware

45

3.4.2

Software/OS

46

3.5

Mobile Computing Market Analysis

47

3.5.1

Notebook Market Analysis and Forecast

47

3.5.2

Netbook/Smartbook Market Analysis and Forecast

50

Chapter 4

ARM Holdings

52

4.1

History

52

4.2

Strategies

53

4.3

ARM Cores

53

4.3.1

ARM7TDMI Features and End-Users

54

4.3.2

ARM9TDMI Features and End-Users

55

4.3.3

ARM9E Features and End-Users

56

4.3.4

Xscale Features And End-Users

57

4.3.5

ARM11 Features and End-Users

58

4.3.6

Cortex Features and End-Users

59

4.4

ARM Licensees

62

4.5

Software Support

65

Chapter 5

Intel

72

5.1

History

72

5.2

Strategies

73

5.3

Intel Atom

74

5.3.1

Atom Z Series

75

5.3.2

Atom N Series

75

5.3.3

Atom 300 Series

76

5.3.4

Single-Core Netbook Processors

76

5.4

Atom SoC Cores

77

5.5

Intel MID Platforms

79

5.5.1

McCaslin Platform

79

5.5.2

Menlow Platform

79

5.5.3

Moorestown Platform

80

5.5.4

Medfield Platform

81

5.6

Software Support

82

Chapter 6

Other Netbook CPUs

83

6.1

Introduction

83

6.2

AMD Athlon Neo

83

6.3

VIA Nano

84

6.4

Loongson

87

6.5

MIPS

88

Appendix

91

LIST OF TABLES

2.1

WORLDWIDE FORECAST FOR HANDSETS

19

2.2

WORLDWIDE FORECAST FOR MOBILE INTERNET DEVICES

26

3.1

WORLDWIDE AND U.S. DESKTOP AND PORTABLE PC  MARKET FORECAST

49

3.2

NETBOOK/SMARTBOOK MARKET FORECAST

51

LIST OF FIGURES

2.1

WORLDWIDE MOBILE DEVICE MARKET

19

2.2

WORLDWIDE HANDSET MARKET BY REGION

22

2.3

WORLDWIDE HANDSET MARKET BY STANDARD

23

2.4

WORLDWIDE FEATURE PHONE MARKET

28

2.5

WORLDWIDE SMARTPHONE MARKET

30

2.6

WORLDWIDE SMARTPHONE MARKET

32

2.7

WORLDWIDE PORTABLE MEDIA PLAYER MARKET

34