These guys are fabricated using the 28nm technologynode, and are backwards compatible with previous generations of LTE and other wireless broadband standards, giving consumers using USB modems powered by the MDM9625 or MDM9225 chipsets an uninterrupted broadband data connection on nearly any network around the world.
Intel may lead in process nodetechnology and dominate the PC market, but a whole new crop of companies has arisen to rule in high mobility (smartphones, tablets, Ultrabooks).
As recently as a month ago, journalists were asking me questions about whether Intel was just crushing everyone else in process nodetechnology, leaving them three or four years behind.