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Intel's server market is their most profitable segment. It's a high margin business, the opposite of a commodity.
by eloff 6y ago
Intel's server market is their most profitable segment.
It's a high margin business, the opposite of a commodity.
- valuearb 6y agoIt was.
- AnthonyMouse 6y agoIntel's server market is full of customers with proprietary x86_64 binaries that can't easily be ported to other architectures, and until recently had very little competition in that market because AMD's pre-Zen server processors were uncompetitive. Throwing in to that market with an ARM processor would limit you to portable software, putting you into competition with not only Intel and AMD but also Amazon and potentially Qualcomm and others. Which could actually hurt Apple if it gives ARM competitors a wider market for their processors and therefore more resources to spend on development that carries down to PCs and mobiles.