Intel's smartphone mistake was trying to push x86 on a market that didn't particularly want it. Android might have been nominally architecture-neutral-- I know

Intel's smartphone mistake was trying to push x86 on a market that didn't particularly want it. Android might have been nominally architecture-neutral-- I know some bottom-end products were MIPS-based for a while-- but by the time the Atom Phones came out, the ecosystem was clearly ARM-centric. It wasn't a market where x86 had natural advantages-- you're not run Microsoft Office on your phone So you're selling a product that will come with built-in FUD of expecting teething troubles and compatibility snafus. You'd have to knock it way out of the park in performance to break through that. Conroe did that after the P4 burnt their image. The M1 did it. Atom never came close.