Paul Otellini made a surprise announcement during his Tuesday night CES keynote by declaring the chip maker had formed a "multi-year, multi-device" strategic partnership with Motorola (NYSE:MOT) Mobility around smartphones and tablets.

The partnership will combine Intel's newest Atom Z2460 processor, dubbed Medfield, with Motorola's Android-based devices. The news comes as somewhat of a shock; Intel is clearly throwing its support behind Google's Android platform (Google agreed to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in August), which puts longtime partner Microsoft (NSDQ:MSFT) and its Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8 operating systems in the backseat of Intel's new mobile strategy.

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