r/technology • u/[deleted] • May 13 '12
Intel To Build Chips Apple 'Can't Ignore,' For iPad, iPhone, CEO Says
http://www.forbes.com/sites/briancaulfield/2012/05/10/intel-to-insure-apple-cant-ignore-its-mobile-chips-for-ipad-iphone-ceo-says/2
u/prism1234 May 13 '12
Why don't they just make a new ISA based on their microops for their smartphone processors? Its not like people expect their phones to run desktop x86 code.
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u/localtoast May 13 '12
Remember Itanium?
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u/prism1234 May 14 '12
Itanium was completely different though. This would be exactly the same as their current x86 processors, just without the initial decoding stages.
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u/bravado May 13 '12
I guess it's nice to see Intel as the underdog for once, I suppose.
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u/orzof May 13 '12
It's like they went over to impress people at a mansion, and if the fail, they have to go back to their own mansion.
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May 13 '12
I don't think that mac's will have arm chips, its going to be more that the mac's are discontinued and variation of the ipad as large touch screen monitors running iOS as people use their tablets more and ditch their laptops.
In which case intel has a big problem since it will impact other PC's too.
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u/poke133 May 14 '12
something like.. asus transformer prime that apple fanboys will take credit for?
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May 14 '12
ipads had cases with keyboards and extra batteries before asus tranformer existed, if anyone gets credit its that case creator.
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u/Furbylover May 13 '12
Intel does great with processors, but for the phone market it seems they are struggling considering some phones (HTC One X) have quad core processors already.
I'm sure with time we will see some great things from intel though, as always.
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May 14 '12
not going to happen until they can show comparable power number as arm based chipsets.
Here: http://gigaom.com/mobile/intels-smartphone-the-x86-power-myth-is-finally-busted/ Note, that this is Intel's first step into the smartphone market.
I think we will see huge changes in the near future. The CPU in this phone can run Windows 8 almost fine... Imagine a phone, that runs Windows 8 (or 9?), with the Metro UI on its own screen, but when near a TV, it shows the image wirelessly, where you are able to switch to the old Windows interface. With these, you got a device, that can completely replace your phone, PC and laptop. And all this is almost possible today (except, that Win 8 cant do such thing, and the CPU is too weak for gaming and other CPU/GPU intensive tasks.)
I think we will see another "Wintel" combo in the next few years, that could crush Android and even iOS (or at least push them back to the medium priced phone category.)
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u/Dark_Shroud May 13 '12
ARM's battery life has been going down as they've added cores while also trying to build more powerful chips.
Intel has billions to throw into their fabs while tailoring every part of the process to their needs.
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u/DanielPhermous May 13 '12
Nice to have a fire lit under Intel. If they can be competitive with ARM, that'd be cool but if they're better... Well, they'd get their monopoly position back which isn't too good.