Back in ~2012 I ran the Python Meetup here in Phoenix. One of the compiler leads for Atom processor attended and he basically told the tale that the Atom proces

Back in ~2012 I ran the Python Meetup here in Phoenix. One of the compiler leads for Atom processor attended and he basically told the tale that the Atom processor was being neutered. Intel higher ups were worried the Atom was getting too close to desktop/server processor performance. They were very concerned about cannibalization from within. Also, even then, Intel thought very little of mobile processors.