Pankaj Kedia

“To cut power consumption the processing elements of the chips are separated into 19 power islands, each one of which effectively handles a separate task such as video decoding or audio playback.”

“The parsimonious power consumption suggests, he said, that a smartphone built around the Atom chips would get 10 days of standby power.”

“For the same full battery it could offer 48 hours of audio playback, five hours of 720p video or six hours of 3G calls.”