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gip
8y ago
They were - I was on that team. StrongARM came to Intel when it acquired DEC. The CPU was developed thanks to an 'architecture license' from ARM. Intel renamed the processor XScale and later sold it to focus on embedded x86. http
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I was working as a Postdoc at Intel around 2005 when they decided to sell their X-Scale business (the ARM CPU they got when they bought DEC). My manager said that embedded x86 will make its way into smart phones. It was a long long shot bac