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Given ARM reigns the mobile space, and if it gains traction in the server market, it will put tremendous pressure on the PC market which lies in between.

iSnow 13y ago
Well, there's always intel. Don't count them out yet, they won't sit on their hands and smile as ARM eats their lunch. I guess, the backlash will come soon.
venomsnake 13y ago
It won't - it may evolve or change the PC market but it won't pressure it. People will need computing powerhouses and big monitors. My predictions are that we will hit cloud disillusionment soon and people are going to rediscover the benefits of home storage and GPU power.
- happywolf 13y ago
  The issue is CPU no longer is the bottleneck since a while ago. My three-year old laptop with a then high-end graphics card still serves me well. There of course are still some people who need powerful CPUs, but I guess most people will need more powerful GPU instead of CPU.
  - ams6110 13y ago
    My old G4 PowerBook still serves me well for many things. Most people need a lot less hardware power than they think they do.
- lhl 13y ago
  While there's a certain class of PCs that won't be much affected anytime soon (high-end gaming, workstations), ARM is already inching into the HTPC/home server space. There are a bunch of i.MX6-based boards w/ GigE, SATA, and a surprisingly strong GPU/VPU that, being very lower power consumption, are very well suited for always-on use. They also work well enough media playback, web browsing, etc. You can see both AMD (APUs) and Intel (NUCs) aiming into that same target, but they'll face stiff competition - the ARM systems are much cheaper, about $100 for fully functional boards.
  - venomsnake 13y ago
    But that is exactly what I was saying - I don't care about which instruction set delivers my performance if it delivers it. So it won't put pressure on PCs - it will put pressure on x86 vendors. But the overall home server (and even workstation) market could increase. There is nothing that prevents high end GPU card working with arm CPU.
    - lhl 13y ago
      Err, ok, I think it's a given that the number of computing devices in a given home will increase over time. The GP, however, (and most of the threads here) are discussing how evolving ARM will impact/encroach on the existing x86 market.

iSnow 13y ago

Well, there's always intel. Don't count them out yet, they won't sit on their hands and smile as ARM eats their lunch. I guess, the backlash will come soon.

venomsnake 13y ago

It won't - it may evolve or change the PC market but it won't pressure it. People will need computing powerhouses and big monitors. My predictions are that we will hit cloud disillusionment soon and people are going to rediscover the benefits of home storage and GPU power.

happywolf 13y ago
The issue is CPU no longer is the bottleneck since a while ago. My three-year old laptop with a then high-end graphics card still serves me well. There of course are still some people who need powerful CPUs, but I guess most people will need more powerful GPU instead of CPU.
- ams6110 13y ago
  My old G4 PowerBook still serves me well for many things. Most people need a lot less hardware power than they think they do.
lhl 13y ago
While there's a certain class of PCs that won't be much affected anytime soon (high-end gaming, workstations), ARM is already inching into the HTPC/home server space. There are a bunch of i.MX6-based boards w/ GigE, SATA, and a surprisingly strong GPU/VPU that, being very lower power consumption, are very well suited for always-on use. They also work well enough media playback, web browsing, etc. You can see both AMD (APUs) and Intel (NUCs) aiming into that same target, but they'll face stiff competition - the ARM systems are much cheaper, about $100 for fully functional boards.
- venomsnake 13y ago
  But that is exactly what I was saying - I don't care about which instruction set delivers my performance if it delivers it. So it won't put pressure on PCs - it will put pressure on x86 vendors. But the overall home server (and even workstation) market could increase. There is nothing that prevents high end GPU card working with arm CPU.
  - lhl 13y ago
    Err, ok, I think it's a given that the number of computing devices in a given home will increase over time. The GP, however, (and most of the threads here) are discussing how evolving ARM will impact/encroach on the existing x86 market.