Anand also taught us that an iPad draws about as much power as an 11-inch MacBook Air. Configure an ARM platform with 8 GB of DDR3 DRAM and a PCIe-based SSD, a

Anand also taught us that an iPad draws about as much power as an 11-inch MacBook Air. Configure an ARM platform with 8 GB of DDR3 DRAM and a PCIe-based SSD, and you may well blow the power budget versus the current Intel platform design. Intel has turned its attention to total platform power: moving the VRMs on-die, and also identifying third-party motherboard components which draw silly amounts of power. I think that Intel is on track here. Apple will of course push their design talent in order to deliver the best mobile devices they possibly can. But this does not necessarily mean a move away from Intel for a laptop or desktop.