This isn't the first time there's been a shift in claims to the various performance thrones and it certainly won't be the last. It might take a while before the

This isn't the first time there's been a shift in claims to the various performance thrones and it certainly won't be the last. It might take a while before there's another king on the CPU with integrated GPU throne, but someone will catch up eventually. Back in the 90's, there were more contenders than just AMD and Intel. Apple was using PowerPC chips, and on the x86 side there were several other competitors. Sure, it's been a bit one-sided since Apple went the Intel route, Via faded into obscurity and Transmeta went belly-up, but something else re-appearing as a viable, competitive platform is neither unprecedented nor unexpected.