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HN is probably not the right target for this type of device. Either way we need Windows 10 on ARM to succeed for Intel to have more competition. I also do think
by mtgx 10y ago
HN is probably not the right target for this type of device. Either way we need Windows 10 on ARM to succeed for Intel to have more competition. I also do think it will be successful if it works at least as well as Intel's Atom-based Celeron and Pentium laptop chips, especially in emerging markets.
Intel shot itself in the foot by replacing the Core architecture in mobile Celerons and Pentiums with Atom, and also by starting to rename lower performance Core M chips to Core i3 and Core i5. This will make it easier for ARM and AMD to "catch-up" and even beat Intel at these levels, because Intel got greedy and tried to trick the market with lower-performing chips at the same price points as for previous (and more powerful) generations.
- cwyers 10y agoDepends on what the results end up being, but there could be a lot of HN users happy to have this as a second/third device, especially those of us who still cling to desktops as our daily drivers.
- smacktoward 10y agoGiven the recent unpleasantness with the Intel ME, I imagine there'd be a ready audience on HN for anything that makes alternate architectures more practical.
- toast0 10y ago> Intel shot itself in the foot by replacing the Core architecture in mobile Celerons and Pentiums with Atom Core mobile Celeron and Pentium are still available, for example Celeron 3865U [1], it's just Intel got tired of having names with useful information in them. That processor should probably have a name like Core v7 2C-2T 1.8Ghz-15W which has most of the useful information, but 3865U is what we got, so you have to filter out the atom chips yourself. [1] https://ark.intel.com/products/96507/Intel-Celeron-Processor-3865U-2M-Cache-1_80-GHz https://ark.intel.com/products/96507/Intel-Celeron-Processor...