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Just keep in mind that the major use case for ARM is embedded systems: washing machines, smart refrigerators, car electronics, barbecue thermometers, medical de
by jupp0r 6y ago
Just keep in mind that the major use case for ARM is embedded systems: washing machines, smart refrigerators, car electronics, barbecue thermometers, medical devices, lawn mowers, you get the idea. Mobile phone or computer companies would not be interested in dealing with that part of the business.
- lliamander 6y agoTrue, but x86 also got it's start in (relatively) low-end systems (PCs) and eventually overtook high-end CPUs from the bottom. ARM looks to be in a position to do that.
- znpy 6y agoone might argue that a long time has passed and the world, the industry and the market are all very different, though.
- lliamander 6y agoThat's not a specific enough claim for me to either agree or disagree with.
- cpeterso 6y agoIntel is already losing desktop market to ARM with Apple's Mac transition from Intel to "Apple Silicon" (ARM). Cheap RISC-V CPUs seem to have a much brighter future than ARM for consumer appliances like washing machines than have slim profit margins and don't need compatibility with other devices.
- lliamander 6y ago> Cheap RISC-V CPUs seem to have a much brighter future than ARM for consumer appliances like washing machines than have slim profit margins and don't need compatibility with other devices. Do you think ARM will fortify it's position in the smartphone/pc/server space and surrender it's traditional stronghold of embedded to RISC-V?
- agumonkey 6y agoJust the other day I found an stm32f4 in a device (I think some kenwood talkie), I didn't except such a strong processor but here it was, arm is in a lot of places.