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Disagree. Intel looks to be getting better at low power faster than ARM and partners are getting better at perf/watt. The ARM universe has a flexibility advant
by twoodfin 13y ago
Disagree. Intel looks to be getting better at low power faster than ARM and partners are getting better at perf/watt.
The ARM universe has a flexibility advantage, but Apple might not care, since Intel will surely make them the SoC they want if it means a spot in the iPad.
I don't think the outcome here is ordained, nor would Apple want it to be: Competition for supplying them fast, efficient CPUs is exactly what they didn't have in the PowerPC days, and it nearly killed them.
- joezydeco 13y agoIntel looks to be getting better at low power faster than ARM and partners are getting better at perf/watt. Citation, please?
- vicaya 13y agoGoogle atom silvermont
- twoodfin 13y agoThis is the kind of thing I have in mind: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7117/haswell-ult-investigation http://www.anandtech.com/show/7117/haswell-ult-investigation Even their "ultrabook"-class Haswell parts are becoming power competitive with ARM tablet chips. The Y series should get even closer to parity. Broadwell is, in theory, right around the corner, with Intel claiming another 30% power improvement in the 14nm process. http://www.anandtech.com/show/7318/intel-demos-14nm-broadwell-up-to-30-lower-power-than-haswell http://www.anandtech.com/show/7318/intel-demos-14nm-broadwel... Intel will have a significant process advantage over the ARM partners for at least another couple of years, and possibly longer. I would be surprised if they failed to overcome the engineering challenges required to exploit that process advantage in mobile. My point isn't that I'm sure who's going to win, but rather that Apple is not inextricably tied to ARM.