Can Intel's Medfield Atom Chips Make Mobile?

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Intel is making big pushes into mobile this year with its Medfield-based Atom chips. They top dual-core ARM chips in performance benchmarks by a small margin, but also consume more power in the process. Intel has a lot of ground to catch up on -- can it make the grade?

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