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Is it really that significant? Designs haven't been released for the tablet yet but it sounds more like a mobile device than a "desktop" style device. Most sim
by nopassrecover 17y ago
Is it really that significant? Designs haven't been released for the tablet yet but it sounds more like a mobile device than a "desktop" style device.
Most similar devices use ARM chips right?
"As of 2007, about 98 percent of the more than a billion mobile phones sold each year use at least one ARM processor.[3] As of 2009, ARM processors account for approximately 90% of all embedded 32-bit RISC processors. ARM processors are used extensively in consumer electronics, including PDAs, mobile phones, digital media and music players, hand-held game consoles, calculators and computer peripherals such as hard drives and routers."
- zandorg 17y agoThe wierd thing about Acorn Risc Machines is that IBM invented the RISC architecture, and some Brits made it a product (200MHZ StrongARM). So the PowerPC is competing with the ARM, when the ARM came later! Pretty amazing story behind that chip.
- pyre 17y ago> So the PowerPC is competing with the ARM, when the ARM came later! How is that amazing? Unless they were created at the exact same time, one had to come after the other, and so long as they target the same niche they will compete.
- zandorg 17y agoJust because you'd assume IBM to win. I think the ARM story is probably best explained on Wikipedia, thus making my comments kind of not very useful. But for my opinion, I think the Psion portable computers and EPOC (the Psion OS) and Nokia made the ARM chip very popular.