Intel cuts Atom product line

[Stonent]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3063508/components/intel-is-on-the-verge-of-exiting-the-smartphone-and-tablet-markets-after-cutting-atom-chips.html

I guess they conceding that ARM based products rule the mobile market?

[EEVblog]

And here I was thinking o doing something with the Atom

[uncle_bob]

Hi

At least the way I read the articles, the Atom still lives on at Intel. What got the axe was the mobile end of the Atom line. You can apparently still look forward to exciting breakthrough desktops and servers with newer and better Atom chips in them.

Bob

[Stonent]

Resources originally dedicated to Broxton and Sofia chips will be moved to "products that deliver higher returns and advance our strategy," Intel's spokeswoman said in an email.

Intel's mobile chip roadmap now has a giant hole after the cancellation of the chips. Intel's existing smartphone and tablet-only chips are aging and due for upgrades, and no major replacements are in sight. Sofia is already shipping, and Broxton was due to ship this year but had been delayed.

Intel is also discontinuing its Atom X5 line of tablet chips code-named Cherry Trail, which is being replaced by Pentium and Celeron chips code-named Apollo Lake, aimed more at hybrids than pure tablets. Many PC makers are already choosing Intel's Skylake Core M processors over Cherry Trail for hybrids and PC-like tablets.

Intel doesn't view tablets as a standalone market any longer, with form factors quickly merging. The company will continue to support current tablet customers with existing chips, the Intel spokeswoman said.

In general, I think I can say I called it the other day in the Intel layoff thread.  Intel has too many product lines.  Honestly I think they should get rid of Celeron, and possibly merge i3 and Pentium.

[linux-works]

not servers, that part is dead, too.

but desktop style atoms may stay on; the news did not mention those being killed.

I like the atom fanless itx boards.  good i/o and good enough cpu for things where you don't need an i3/etc.