This free whitepaper from In-Stat examines the battle between architectures and integration trends for merchant market processors addressing mobile Internet devices. The whitepaper is based on a recent In-Stat report, “Mobile Processor Review: The Battle for the Next Generation Consumer Devices,” which is one in a series of reports that examines the three critical semiconductor building blocks of mobile devices—processing, graphics/multimedia, and baseband.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Merchant Market Mobile Processors5
  • ARM vs. x86
    • x86 Architecture
    • ARM
    • Architecture Comparison
• Mobile Merchant Processor Market
• Methodology
• Research Overview
• Glossary of Acronyms
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• Related In-Stat Reports

List of Tables

• Table 1. Alternative Packaging Technologies for Mobile Solutions
• Table 2. General Comparison of ARM and x86 Architectures

List of Figures

• Figure 1. Critical Chip Design Characteristics
  Figure 2. Evolutionary Paths for Mobile Processors
  Figure 3. TAM for Merchant Market Mobile Processors by Application (Units in Millions)

Related Reports

This report is one of three reports focused on the critical elements of mobile devices.

The series includes:

Mobile Processor Review

Mobile Graphics/Multimedia Review
Due October 2009

Mobile Baseband Review
Due December 2009

Economy, Convergence and Industry Dynamics and the Impact on Silicon Architectures

GPS—Locating Its Way Into Mobile Devices