Intel's PC centric business model for its processors may be getting a major makeover. VentureBeat reports via unnamed sources that Sean Maloney, the new head of Intel China, will be making a keynote speech at next week's Compudex PC trade show in Taiwan. That speech will, according to the article, be devoted to telling its audience that the company will "accelerate its efforts to make chips that are more appropriate for tablet computers, smartphones, laptops, and low-power desktops." The story adds that while Intel doesn't plan to cancel any upcoming processors, it will be modifying its processor road map so that it will put its focus "on 15 watt or lower wattage chips."
Intel hasn't been much of a player in providing processors for the growing smartphone and tablet businesses. At the same time its PC business is in danger of losing its focus as overall PC shipments begin to decline somewhat worldwide. Intel's Atom processors are an example of the kind of low power products it hopes to expand upon in the coming months. They have been made mostly for netbooks and low power laptops. However Intel has already said that it will show off 10 upcoming tablets that will have some kind of Intel processors inside at next week's Computex event. Intel is already working on its next version of the low powered Atom processor that should be faster than the current version. The next Atom processor, which is code named Silvermont, will be released sometime in 2013.
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