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Intel essentially has a monopoly on the market for desktop cpus, which can't help.
by RX14 10y ago
Intel essentially has a monopoly on the market for desktop cpus, which can't help.
- thecopy 10y agoAffordable air-cooled x86-CPUs at > 4GHz will disrupt that very quickly.
- k__ 10y agoIs x86 still needed? I mean the ARM stuff is getting more traction and maybe it will run around x86 in the next years.
- wbl 10y agoPOWER already did by sucking vast amounts of electricity and dumping heat. Getting a high IPC isn't easy and leads to lots of thermal dissapation. Odd arches might make a comeback but don't help much.
- jabl 10y agoIf we assume that the economic model of CPU manufacturing is essentially - very large upfront costs in R&D and improved fabs - The marginal cost for each additional CPU manufactured is, in fact, very low Then, isn't this pretty much the textbook example of a natural monopoly? I.e. in such a case, if the market was spread out over more suppliers, would the customer in the end pay more due to the vendors amortizing the R&D costs over fewer units sold? Vs. the current situation where customers are paying monopoly prices to the incumbent vendor.