Intel's Medfield Smartphone Chip now in production

Intel on Monday said his chip Medfield, designed for low-end smartphones, is in production and will ship later this year.

Compressed using Oak Trail Intel chips will ship this year, before Medfield will appear in products, in accordance with

Anand Chandrasekher, senior vice president and general manager of Intel Ultra Mobility Group, who spoke at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Chandrasekher gave few details of Medfield different from saying that he will have the fastest processor on the market, the standby time same as chips from competitors and for the longest active power of any chip. Intel in the past said that the new chip, which includes an Atom CPU, will deliver even better graphics capabilities.

Medfield is a chip that combines an Atom CPU with a number of specialized cores for functions such as graphics accelerators. Medfield will first Intel chip for smartphones, code-named Moorestown, who was unable to find traction in the smartphone market.

But it remains to be seen if Intel can get manufacturers to adopt Medfield. No Smartphone with Intel chips are still available. LG Electronics has shown a smartphone Moorestown based last year, but was never sold. Intel Friday said a phone with chip Intel will ship later this year, but has not made the name of the creator of the phone.

Intel showed off some Oak Trail tablet at the Consumer Electronics Show last month. PC makers said that tablets based on the chip can run for up to eight hours on a single battery charge and play high-definition 1080p video.

Chandrasekher also said that Intel is accelerating the development of communication chip LTE (Long Term Evolution). The company plans to sample them this year in time for inclusion in products for the holidays year-end in 2012. Intel chip HSPA + is in production now, he said.

Intel last month completed the acquisition of $ 1.4 billion wireless division of Infineon, which was announced in August. Intel said in the future that will integrate the chips such as the radio 3 G and 4 G acquired by Infineon in its Atom processors.

Intel also announced a dual SIM product that enables users to run two SIM cards in one device. That is useful for those who want to have a phone number and personal account, as well as a series of works, but use the same device.

Intel also announced an agreement with Korea Telecom and Samsung under which the company will use Intel chips in all their LTE network installations combined.