ARM plans to dominate half of PC market by 2015

PanARMENIAN.Net - ARM Holdings hopes to wrestle dominance of the mobile PC market from Intel and have ARM-based processors in more than half of all tablets, mini-notebooks and other mobile PCs sold in 2015, the company's president said Monday, May 30.

The U.K. company, which licenses its designs for use in chips made by companies such as Samsung and Nvidia, is betting that growing consumer interest in tablets will translate into a big jump in its market share. Chips based on its technology already power most of the leading tablets including Apple's iPad, Samsung's Galaxy Tab and Motorola's Xoom.

ARM-based chips already power most of the smartphones on sale today and its processors can also be found in a majority of standard mobile phones.

Intel, the world's biggest chip maker, was caught off guard by the sudden popularity in tablets - sparked by Apple's iPad - and has been trying to catch up. Intel is expected to discuss its latest attempt to crack the smartphone market, with a chip code-named Medfield, later this week at the Computex show, IDG News Service reported.