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I really find it hard to understand what drives these people. Let's say he cornered the entire market and sold 100% of CPUs. What then? Why? Don't they want th

I really find it hard to understand what drives these people. Let's say he cornered the entire market and sold 100% of CPUs. What then? Why? Don't they want the best for the world, and isn't that clearly going to come through competition? I just cannot fathom their motives. Same for any line - fast food chains? Do they want everyone in the world to eat their burger every meal? Why? I guess I need to buy one of his books to try and find out!

Create 11y ago
One of the chief arguments for ARM and other MIPS-like ecosystems: they are much more diverse, therefore evolve better on the long run than a tied-down monopoly (Amd used to push Intel on many fronts, ie 64 bits, SIMD, RISC core etc) btw: Intel isn't a CPU manufacturer. It is a factory for manufacturing processor factories: they are one level of abstraction higher.
- ecthiender 11y ago
  > btw: Intel isn't a CPU manufacturer. It is a factory for manufacturing processor factories: they are one level of abstraction higher. Can you elaborate that a bit? I mean I'm completely ignorant about CPU manufacturing, your statement is very intriguing. What exactly do they manufacture when you say they manufacture factory of CPUs? Design?
GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago
> I just cannot fathom their motives Maybe start with "swimming in your vault full of money like Scrooge McDuck".
- branchless 11y ago
  Nah I don't think this is what gets them out of bed every day.
HeyLaughingBoy 11y ago
isn't that clearly going to come through competition? Not if you think you're the best! Consider that: if you are in the position where you think you have by far the best product, then wouldn't you want to share it with everyone? In that case, the competition is working against the world's best interests.
aidenn0 11y ago
They want their company to continue to exist so they can continue doing what they do. How did it work out for all the other CPU vendors from 1990?
yuhong 11y ago
In this case, they were second-sourcing meaning that they were manufacturing Intel's CPU designs.
selimthegrim 11y ago
Go and ask the ghost of Zilog past about competition rewarding the best technology.

Create 11y ago

One of the chief arguments for ARM and other MIPS-like ecosystems: they are much more diverse, therefore evolve better on the long run than a tied-down monopoly (Amd used to push Intel on many fronts, ie 64 bits, SIMD, RISC core etc) btw: Intel isn't a CPU manufacturer. It is a factory for manufacturing processor factories: they are one level of abstraction higher.

ecthiender 11y ago
> btw: Intel isn't a CPU manufacturer. It is a factory for manufacturing processor factories: they are one level of abstraction higher. Can you elaborate that a bit? I mean I'm completely ignorant about CPU manufacturing, your statement is very intriguing. What exactly do they manufacture when you say they manufacture factory of CPUs? Design?

GFK_of_xmaspast 11y ago

> I just cannot fathom their motives Maybe start with "swimming in your vault full of money like Scrooge McDuck".

branchless 11y ago
Nah I don't think this is what gets them out of bed every day.

HeyLaughingBoy 11y ago

isn't that clearly going to come through competition? Not if you think you're the best! Consider that: if you are in the position where you think you have by far the best product, then wouldn't you want to share it with everyone? In that case, the competition is working against the world's best interests.

aidenn0 11y ago

They want their company to continue to exist so they can continue doing what they do. How did it work out for all the other CPU vendors from 1990?

yuhong 11y ago

In this case, they were second-sourcing meaning that they were manufacturing Intel's CPU designs.

selimthegrim 11y ago

Go and ask the ghost of Zilog past about competition rewarding the best technology.