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Kodak KNEW the digital chips were coming. They even designed the first of them. Same as Intel knows that low-power chips are eating up the bottom, that ARM is
by patrickg_zill 9y ago
Kodak KNEW the digital chips were coming. They even designed the first of them.
Same as Intel knows that low-power chips are eating up the bottom, that ARM is strong in this space, etc. But so far Intel hasn't had a good response (same as Kodak) to the new challenger.
- andreiw 9y agoScaling down is hard. Look at OpenPower. They are feeling the heat from Xeons and know they need to scale and price down, and yet the scale-out Power9 SKU won't be out for what, another year? And how long until actual OCP gear ships, which probably will still cost like a decent Hyundai sedan? Intel had nothing to offer to compete with ARM in mobile space. Largely ignored ARMv8 servers when they were mostly specialized or micro. Now E5-competitive chips are entering the market from multiple competitors, and even mobile SoCs have grown up into laptop chips...
- wslh 9y agoCounterexample: Android is the top operating system surpassing Microsoft Windows. Microsoft doesn't even have a mobile phone running their operating system but they are thriving.