It is amazing how defensive (perhaps necessarily) the Intel crowd are, especially around the problems caused by the ISA. If the ISA really is insignificant to p

It is amazing how defensive (perhaps necessarily) the Intel crowd are, especially around the problems caused by the ISA. If the ISA really is insignificant to power consumption then why exactly have x86 devices struggled against ARM, especially on the same manufacturing process? They've been saying, literally, for years that they're going to sort it with the next batch but it just isn't happening. As the rest of the industry has narrowed the process gap the squeeze has got worse, forcing them into premature advances in order to stay competitive. It's tempting to start drawing comparisons between Intel of today and IBM or Motorola of 2005. It's bizarre how much of the tech media seem to think PowerPC to Intel somehow lacked any of the problems an Intel to ARM transition might have, when Apple's frankly amazing execution of it made it look remarkably simple. The reality is a lot of the so called problems, especially around software, not only have theoretical solutions, but solutions the same company has used for almost exactly the same purpose in the not too distant past.