Even though the GW990 seems good at multi-tasking, Kedia said Intel has not released the clock speed on the Moorestown processor. His reluctance to talk about chip speed left me wondering whether it's below 1GHz, the speed offered by the Snapdragon processor in the new Nexus One.

The reason the 1GHz number is important is because has described that speed -- and related features -- in the Nexus One as a "superphone" threshold. The Superphone term is really more of a general categorization for next-generation smartphones that , not anything Google invented.

When I asked Kedia if he wants to build superphones at Intel, especially given the company's desktop computing origins, he said this: "We like the 'super' part, but not necessary the 'phone' part," he said. "We are going to be about the super part, but are not a phone company."

Although Intel is not known as much for being a smartphone chip supplier as for supplying laptop and desktop chips, Kedia agreed that Intel's future is very much aligned with "pocketable" devices.

"The smartphone is the new PC," he said. "The most powerful PC (functions) today will be in the smartphone three to five years down the road."