Yes, there would be. I personally believe, from experience with both the x86 and the ARM architectures, their ISAs, and their current implementations, that the

Yes, there would be. I personally believe, from experience with both the x86 and the ARM architectures, their ISAs, and their current implementations, that the world and society - pardon the almost religious intonation - can't be delivered into an era of more efficient computing, on the energy consumption front as well as the computational power front, as long as it is held back by x86. I truly believe that ARM will be the architecture that will bring computing out of this current technological womb, and I suspect that Apple, due all of the spotlights on them, will be the actor responsible for making the biggest push in this rebirth. The article says "If the sudden disappearance of Intrinsity's web site is truly an indication that Apple has made another purchase, it's a clear sign that Cupertino has really big plans for ARM and doesn't see a future for x86 outside of its desktops and laptops." And I believe that today, some years after the "switch", with ARM's rapid advances, Apple doesn't really see a future for x86 in their desktops and laptops, either. I hope, wholeheartedly, that the world will soon enough be ARM powered, instead of x86 powered.