> Keep in mind that in 2007-2008 Intel was very seriously considering licensing ARM and other technologies to compete in the ultra portable and mobile markets a

> Keep in mind that in 2007-2008 Intel was very seriously considering licensing ARM and other technologies to compete in the ultra portable and mobile markets and we are all better off that it didn't do so. Actually, Intel sold a range of ARM chips from 1998-2006. It gained the DEC StrongARM design team when Compaq bought DEC and Compaq didn't want it. Intel then sold the XScale range of ARM chips, before deciding that x86-compatibility was the right way to go. That decision led to the Atom range. Intel sold its ARM operation to Marvel for $600 million. Intel still has an architecture license so it can design ARM chips if it wants.