Intel Works to Expand Role for Server Chips in Mobile Networks
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Intel Corp. doesn’t want to be left behind by the mobile-device revolution. So the world’s largest semiconductor maker is now working to put its server chips into machines that help bring smartphone data closer to users.
The company is currently preparing a trial with Nokia Siemens Networks Oy and South Korea’s SK Telecom Co., where its chips are being deployed in base stations -- wireless network antennas that include computers. The goal is to ease the congestion caused by an explosion in demand for data and services, said Intel Vice President Rose Schooler.