Intel executives Shane Wall and Pankaj Kedia, who reportedly had criticized the iPhone at the Intel Developer Forum Taiwan session, have been slapped back with a statement issued on Thursday by Intel. 

These executives have been learnt to have passed comments related to the iPhone and its ARM microprocessor, that Intel competes with its own line of embedded microprocessors, including the Atom microprocessor.

However all these comments were rejected and disclaimed by Anand Chandrasekher, senior vice president and general manager of Intel Corporation's Ultra Mobility Group on Thursday in a blog post. 

The post read, "As general manager of the Group responsible for Intel's ultra-mobility products, he acknowledged that Intel's low-power Atom processor does not yet match the battery life characteristics of the ARM processor in a phone form factor; and, that while Intel does have plans on the books to get us to be competitive in the ultra low power domain - we are not there as yet."

"Secondly, Apple's iPhone offering is an extremely innovative product that enables new and exciting market opportunities. The statements made in Taiwan were inappropriate, and Intel representatives should not have been commenting on specific customer designs," it further read.