On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 20:42 +0800, SM Ling wrote:
> >
> >
> > Is it necessary? While reducing power further is certain good, I don't
> > think Intel needs to match ARM to beat ARM. x86 is such a powerful
> > benefit to these CPUs, ARM will have to bring MANY advantages to the
> > table to beat the x86 compatibility.
> >
> >
> Intel has sold off its RISC investment, and is gunning the x86 power on the
> mobile phone market. Is the x86 compatibility a formidable factor to
> contend in the mobile phone or smart phone arena? Are the mobile phone
> users and environment same as the PC? I have my doubts.
I don't. x86 compatibility is huge these days. There are so many
development tools, and so much collective knowledge on how to do x86 in
so many different ways I believe it REALLY gives a built in advantage to
any other platform.
There was a time when the added silicon complexity required to support
x86 was a major problem, even on the very high end. These days silicon
is getting so cheap, and ways of making x86 more manageable are so
refined that problem has all but dissappear.
I suppose we'll see! :)
TTYL
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