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If you're curious why Intel is making an HTML5 IDE and what their goals are, you can check out this blog post: http://software.intel.com/en-us/html5/blogs/why-i

by RyanZAG 13y ago

If you're curious why Intel is making an HTML5 IDE and what their goals are, you can check out this blog post: http://software.intel.com/en-us/html5/blogs/why-intel-xdk-new http://software.intel.com/en-us/html5/blogs/why-intel-xdk-ne...

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webmaven 13y ago
Dang, all those asterisks that don't actually refer to footnotes are really confusing. I wonder if they are supposed to be trademark symbols...
- sect 13y ago
  They're tiny ® (registered trademark) symbols.
  - caw 13y ago
    Kind of. They're actually footnotes (asterisks), referring to the same footnote. On this particular website it appears to be referring to the "*Trademark" link, which has the extended legalese. In the standard Intel style (whitepapers, etc), trademarks to other companies are designated with an asterisk and a footnote to the effect of "These are trademarks from companies other than Intel. They own the rights to the name, and not us"
- xmnboy 13y ago
  Yes, those asterisks just refer to a footnote that declares that "*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others." --> http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/legal/trademarks.html http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/legal/trademarks.html
0x0 13y ago
When Intel are saying they want to "promote cross-platform HTML5 app development - for all platforms, not just Intel's", I'm wondering if what they are really saying is they're not fans of the current processor-specific native apps (because they are compiled for ARM, not Intel CPUs), and they are trying to stop that avalanche before it grows into a huge pile of legacy making it impossible to compete in the mobile/phone space with a non-ARM CPU? How selfless of them ;)
capisce 13y ago
Maybe it's because web apps perform so badly on ARM: http://sealedabstract.com/rants/why-mobile-web-apps-are-slow/ http://sealedabstract.com/rants/why-mobile-web-apps-are-slow...
- fidotron 13y ago
  That's really because web apps are just slow. Intel mistakenly believe that they'll have an easier time by forcing ARM to compete at full speed, which is brilliantly ignorant of history. The very first ARM outperformed contemporary x86s at computation, and just happened to be low power, it's that they've been diverted off into low power as their reason for existing for 20 years. ARM can, and will, redefine their instruction set dramatically to suit their needs at any time, so while the x86 world is stuck with x86 the mobile world has been through several major changes to the ARM ISA since just the original iPhone. The Intel PR has persistently been saying "but our next one" for the last few years, and each time it's gone nowhere. They are merely performing the role of a stick device makers can hit ARM with to control prices though, but seem oblivious to this.

by RyanZAG 13y ago

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webmaven 13y ago

Dang, all those asterisks that don't actually refer to footnotes are really confusing. I wonder if they are supposed to be trademark symbols...

sect 13y ago
They're tiny ® (registered trademark) symbols.
- caw 13y ago
  Kind of. They're actually footnotes (asterisks), referring to the same footnote. On this particular website it appears to be referring to the "*Trademark" link, which has the extended legalese. In the standard Intel style (whitepapers, etc), trademarks to other companies are designated with an asterisk and a footnote to the effect of "These are trademarks from companies other than Intel. They own the rights to the name, and not us"
xmnboy 13y ago
Yes, those asterisks just refer to a footnote that declares that "*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others." --> http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/legal/trademarks.html http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/legal/trademarks.html

0x0 13y ago

When Intel are saying they want to "promote cross-platform HTML5 app development - for all platforms, not just Intel's", I'm wondering if what they are really saying is they're not fans of the current processor-specific native apps (because they are compiled for ARM, not Intel CPUs), and they are trying to stop that avalanche before it grows into a huge pile of legacy making it impossible to compete in the mobile/phone space with a non-ARM CPU? How selfless of them ;)

capisce 13y ago

Maybe it's because web apps perform so badly on ARM: http://sealedabstract.com/rants/why-mobile-web-apps-are-slow/ http://sealedabstract.com/rants/why-mobile-web-apps-are-slow...

fidotron 13y ago
That's really because web apps are just slow. Intel mistakenly believe that they'll have an easier time by forcing ARM to compete at full speed, which is brilliantly ignorant of history. The very first ARM outperformed contemporary x86s at computation, and just happened to be low power, it's that they've been diverted off into low power as their reason for existing for 20 years. ARM can, and will, redefine their instruction set dramatically to suit their needs at any time, so while the x86 world is stuck with x86 the mobile world has been through several major changes to the ARM ISA since just the original iPhone. The Intel PR has persistently been saying "but our next one" for the last few years, and each time it's gone nowhere. They are merely performing the role of a stick device makers can hit ARM with to control prices though, but seem oblivious to this.