Media News | "Tablet Boom Leaves Intel Out in the Cold"

·         Intel, the world's largest computer chip-maker, has announced a plunge in profits

·         They had a 14% fall in profit to $2.97bn (£1.8bn)

·         This is mainly a result of its failure to break into the tablet market.

·         The shift away from PCs toward tablets is a threat to Intel because most tablets do not use Intel processors but cheaper chips similar to the ones found in smartphones.

·         New software is a radical departure from previous Windows versions in terms of how people are expected to use it to control their PCs.

·         Intel wants to get its chips into tablets. The launch of Windows 8, Microsoft's new operating system, on October 26 gives it a chance to do so since the software is designed both for PCs and tablets.

This shows the decline of the usage of traditional computers, and the increase of people using tablets - such as iPads – or their mobile phones. This is reinforced by the introduction of 4G, and the developing 5G, which may see the end of using the broadband internet in computers - as form of internet will probably be much faster.

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