A pact proclaimed previous year for Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) to go to work putting Intel Atom microprocessors into smartphones, mobile Internet devices and additional gadgets seems to stay suspended for a while.

The agreement among the two corporations was proclaimed as a significant way for Intel to access markets it cannot reach on its own. The policy to work with TSMC is same to that of Intel competitor Arm Holdings, in that Arm offers blueprints for its processors to TSMC, which utilizes them to construct complex chips for example those used in smart phones. Those chips perform some functions, plus signal processing, computing, image processing, monitor control and more.

The statement caused excitement for TSMC as it will have to give an uncommon chance for an outside corporation to manufacture Intel microprocessors. Intel manufactures its own chips, and personally guards its intellectual property. The deal as well point to that Intel was moving on its plans to fight against Arm in power-capable processors for mobile devices.