Intel is pushing its mobile processor line, dubbed Atom, as a way to cram the ability to run a bite-sized, power-sipping version of the chips that powerdesktop computers into ever smaller devices.
So it is that the world of silicon chips divides itself into two camps: the all-purpose ones that powerdesktop computers, and the fast, specialized, cheap ones that run cellular phones, answering machines or car engines.
Yet juggling that code is becoming a touch trickier, as is the fact that different versions of Apple's software power its desktop computers and its new line of smart phones.