In 2006 Intel sold its nascent xscale smartphone processor business to Marvell, after Intel's engineers decided they could eventually shrink the Intel architecture powering the world's PCs into a handheld processor.

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The communications processor business includes the IXP family of network and communications chips used in networking products and Intel's Xscale application chips are used in cell phones, handheld computers, and smart phones.

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Looking for new markets for its Xscale mobile chip, Intel confirmed today that it will team up with consumer electronics firm SonicBlue on a new type of device that will let consumers take video programs on the road.

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Intel will be furnishing one of the chips, likely one of its Xscale mobile processors.

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