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Wintel: Le Divorce Part II

December 2, 2012 – 8:16 pm

Tweet  At CES 2011, Ballmer told the world Windows would “fork”, that it would also run on lower power ARM chips for mobile devices. This was seen as a momentous breach in the long-standing Wintel duopoly. Two years later, the ARM tooth of the fork looks short and dull. This is what I wrote almost [...]

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Apple, ARM, and Intel

October 21, 2012 – 7:54 pm

Tweet  Apple and Samsung are engaged in a knives-out smartphone war, most infamously in the courts but, more importantly, in the marketplace. In its latest ad campaign, Samsung has cleverly “borrowed” a page from Apple’s own marketing playbook, posturing the iPhone as the choice of autumn-aged parents and brainwashed queue sheep. But when it comes [...]

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Intel 3-D Transistors: Why and When?

May 8, 2011 – 6:53 pm

TweetA few days ago, Intel teased: On May 4th, the company would make “its most significant technology announcement of the year.” Tongues wagged. Will Intel make ARM chips for Apple? The speculation has roots in reality. We’ll start with the public breakup of the Wintel marriage. At this year’s CES in January, Steve Ballmer made [...]

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