Chipmaker Intel has set up a development partnership with internet giant Google to improve its mobile phone and tablet processors that run on the Android system.
The move is aimed at giving Intel greater access to one of the industry's fastest-growing segments.
Intel is the world's biggest chipmaker in the computer and server market.
However, it has not been as successful when trying to create smaller, more power-efficient chips.
'First-class citizen'
Demand for mobile phone and tablet computers has been on the increase, and Google has been pushing its Android operating system, tying up with manufacturers.
Android has become the world's leading operating system for smartphones.
Intel, though, has faced stiff competition from UK rival ARM Holdings, which has managed to produce chips that are better suited to the smaller, more portable devices.
Analysts said that the partnership would help Intel increase its foothold in the Android market.
"It's really about Google saying that Intel is going to be a first-class citizen in the Android ecosystem," said David Kanter of Real World Technologies.
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