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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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Wintel: Le Divorce

January 16, 2011 – 9:02 pm

Tweet The eponymous flick is mildly interesting, but we’re gathered here today to examine the Wintel breakup. After years of monogamy with the x86 architecture, Windows will soon run on ARM processors. As in any divorce, Microsoft and Intel point fingers at one another. Intel complains about Microsoft’s failure to make a real tablet OS. [...]

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