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You make a good argument, but you forget one thing - app compatibility. There are two dominant platforms, and they're both based on ARM. "Competitive" processor
by mark-r 12y ago
You make a good argument, but you forget one thing - app compatibility. There are two dominant platforms, and they're both based on ARM. "Competitive" processors won't be enough to make a difference - even clearly superior processors aren't going to be compelling.
Apple has shown a willingness to switch horses in the past, but now that they're designing their own chips I think we've seen the last of it.
- restalis 12y ago"You make a good argument, but you forget one thing - app compatibility. There are two dominant platforms, and they're both based on ARM." Android can be compiled for x86 (and in fact there are even gadgets deployed with it on the market¹) and the applications for Android don't run native. Consider therefore that there aren't any issues like those faced by other architectures when were trying to compete with Intel desktop monopoly. ¹ http://www.utok.com/en/700-series/utok-i700 http://www.utok.com/en/700-series/utok-i700
- pcwalton 12y agoMost of the top 25 apps on Android are games, and most of the games use the NDK.