Intel Corp., the world’s largest maker of microprocessors, and Silicon Hive, a startup that develops software that boosts performance of parallel processing of data, on Tuesday announced collaboration under which the two companies plan to improve performance of Atom processors and system-on-chips (SoCs) powered by Atom cores in highly-threaded applications.

“We are excited to work with Intel to bring Silicon Hive parallel processing technology to the vast ecosystem of Atom-based SoCs and their very broad consumer applications. The strengthening of relationship between Intel and Silicon Hive offers a major growth opportunity for Silicon Hive and takes us further in our vision of mass-deployment of Silicon Hive’s technology for consumer benefit”, said Atul Sinha chief executive officer of Silicon Hive.

Silicon Hive designs, builds and licenses application-specific solutions for imaging, video processing and communications. The company’s products enable semiconductor and consumer electronics companies to make fully programmable system-on-chips improving time to market performance.

It remains to be seen whether technologies developed by Silicon Hive will seriously boost performance of multi-threaded applications on Atom microprocessors or SoCs. What is clear is that Intel wants to improve performance of Atom going forward.

Previously, Intel Capital had led a $7M investment round in Silicon Hive.

“Intel’s collaboration with Silicon Hive has the potential to enable significantly richer media experiences as we evolve our Atom roadmap to meet the needs of the smartphone and embedded market segments,” Pankaj Kedia, director of global ecosystem programs in Intel ultra mobility group.

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