The move was intended to permit Intel to focus its resources on its core x86 and server businesses. And that's where Intel continually loses out on markets bec

The move was intended to permit Intel to focus its resources on its core x86 and server businesses. And that's where Intel continually loses out on markets because the x86 cash firehose is too good. The XScale sale gained them $600MM, but what did they lose by being shut out of the mobile processor market for the next decade onward? There are 2 billion iPhones on the planet somewhere and not a single one has an Intel application processor.