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Four growth drivers

1) System-on-a-chip (SoC)

The company is making gradual progress, laying the foundations to build competitive SoCs for cellphones, TVs, videogame consoles and communications gear. In the third quarter, the company is expecting first silicon on a general SoC device based on its 32-nm process, said Sunit Rikhi, vice president of the Technology and Manufacturing Group at Intel.

2) Embedded

For years, Intel has been selling processors into the embedded market. The company now appears to be accelerating its efforts in the arena. Its new Atom processor is another piece of the puzzle. And in another example, Intel recently acquired Wind River, an embedded software vendor.

In embedded, Intel is looking to expand into four areas: Internet connectively, management/security, performance and energy harvesting, said Doug Davis, vice president of the Digital Enterprise Group and general manager of the Embedded and Communications Group at Intel.

3. Heath care

Health care is a growth driver for information technology (IT). Intel has a product in the arena. The product, dubbed the Intel Health Guide, connects patients and their teams for personalized care management. ''The product is shipping,'' said Louis Burns, vice president and general manager of the Digital Health Group at Intel.

4. Mobility

Intel is moving full speed ahead with devices for the mobile markets. At the event, the company dismissed the notion that netbooks are taking away business from traditional notebook markets. Intel sells the Atom for netbooks and traditional x86-based processors for notebooks. Wall Street is somewhat critical of the Atom processor, which has lower margins than its other x86 processors.

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