This article really brings up a good point I think. For the most part, I do not think that we stop to think about the symbiotic relationship that Intel and the Tablet PC share with each other. Sure, the Tablet may appear to need Intel more than the other way around, but one cannot deny that the Tablet PC gives Intel a unique proving ground for new ideas and improvements on chip design.

Intel Corp.’s reorganization follows a year-long trend at the giant chip maker away from focusing on processors and instead toward keying on solutions.

Intel, of Santa Clara, Calif., on Monday announced that it was reorganizing the company into five business units that will target platforms rather than silicon. It was a move away from the traditional two business units it had been operating with—the Intel Architecture Group, which handled the bulk of the company’s processors, including Pentiums and Xeons, and the Intel Communications Group.

The reorganization is a continuation of Intel’s evolution beyond focusing on processors and chip speed. For example, the company has begun moving away from focusing solely on chip frequency, and last year kicked off a new processor-naming system that de-emphasized gigahertz.