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Intel Hires Senior Qualcomm Executive in Fresh Mobile Push

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By Reuters | Updated: 30 August 2014 12:01 IST

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Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc, to co-manage the development of the company's chips, an Intel spokesman said on Friday.

Faintuch, who previously oversaw Qualcomm's networking and connectivity businesses as president of Qualcomm Atheros, is ing Intel as a senior vice president and co-general manager of the Platform Engineering Group, spokesman Chuck Mulloy said. 3v6d6r

Mulloy told Reuters that in addition to strong networking skills, Faintuch brings valuable experience deg "system on chips," or SoCs, which combine features like modems, Wi-Fi and memory.

While Intel excels at developing processors for laptops and desktop computers, it has less experience deg SoCs, which are widely used in tablets.

Hiring Faintuch, which was announced in an email to Intel employees on Friday, is the latest move by the Santa Clara, California, chipmaker to accelerate progress in mobile gadgets, where it trails Qualcomm.

In May, Intel reached an agreement with Chinese SoC specialist Rockchip to make chips for inexpensive tablets running Android platform.

Faintuch will co-manage the Platform Engineering Group with Josh Walden, a manufacturing technology expert who was previously leading the group.

© Thomson Reuters 2014

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