Intel (INTC) Gives Advantage to Microsoft (MSFT) with New Clover Trail Chip

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September 14, 2012 3:09 PM EDT -->

Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC) shares are dipping slightly amid reports that its Clover Trail Atom chip will not support Linux on laptops and tablets.

Linux can run on Clover Trail because it is x86, but its unlikely that Intel will support it.

Tech Crunch reports that Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Windows 8-based devices will be the only option left for the new chip. The blog also noted that this only puts the spotlight on how far behind Microsoft is in the mobile gadgetry race, with Intel giving its a mulligan in Clover Trail.

Shares of Intel are just about flat in late trading Friday.


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