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> there's still an ARM core in every smartphone, whether Intel fabs it (they don't), or Samsung, or TSMC ALMOST true, but not entirely true. The Asus Zenphone
by seabrookmx 10y ago
> there's still an ARM core in every smartphone, whether Intel fabs it (they don't), or Samsung, or TSMC
ALMOST true, but not entirely true.
The Asus Zenphone 2 shipped with an Intel Atom SoC and was actually a pretty decent mid-range smartphone.
- petecox 10y agoSure but Intel announced back in April that there won't be future Atom phones. i.e. Asus went with Qualcomm for Zenfone 3.
- runamok 10y agoRight. Because Intel was subsidizing the x86 chip in the Zenfone 2 (and other phones/tablets) by quite a bit.
- williadc 10y agoThere's still an ARM core on that phone, in the modem.