Intel chief Paul Otellini in a memo that surfaced today tried to downplay the early leads that ARM-based devices like the iPad and Android phones had over Intel in the mobile space. He characterized bringing Atom up to par as a "marathon, not a sprint" and that it was only a matter of time before Intel won the category. The CEO used server chips as an example in the Bloomberg copy of the e-mail and noted that it went from a bit player to making 90 percent of the processors for the field.
