FreedomEclipse Because ARM is coming, and when they get here its going to be a mass onslaught and innocent CPUs will be killed

:wtf: ...You really don't have a pulse on reality. I'm very glad you don't provide investment advice to anyone. :slap:(1) ARM is already here. They dominate the portable and embedded device markets. See all those tablets, smartphones, affordable embedded boards like Raspberry Pi, etc.(2) ARM doesn't have a design that can compete with Intel's Core i-series yet. This is one specific thing that prevents them from achieving total domination of the industry. (The other is that they require software developers to port code to ARM architecture.)(3) ARM's most powerful designis the Cortex A15. That is in the same performance league as Intel's current Atom. (I've only tested under Linux with a Samsung Exynos 5 based system.)(4) ARM will start nibbling at Intel from the lower-end with their next generation Cortex A50-series. (A faster evolution of the Cortex A15 and introduces 64bit capability...Allowing it to enter into some server markets like dense/cloud computing infrastructure.)(5) At the current pace ARM are going, you can wait as long as 10 to 20 yrs before they have something that really hurts Intel in a direct manner like AMD did during their K7/K8 era. ARM is a conservatively-paced fabless processor design company. Their focus is power consumption and simplicity. (That's actually not a bad thing when you realise they dominate in terms of shear number of processors being used in portable/embedded devices).(6) If you have been paying attention at the strategic nature of Intel Developer Forum in the last few years, you come to realise Intel has not been sitting idle...=> Intel R&D is focusing on running CPUs at the lowest possible voltage.(Grabbed the original Pentium design and used today's manufacturing technology in order to test and experiment.)=> Atom will be transitioning from in-order to out-of-order execution in their next generation. (Also bringing in quad-core models).=> Intel is at least 12 to 18 months ahead of everyone in manufacturing technology. This is their primary weapon against ARM-based competitors like Samsung, Qualcomm, etc. (Intel's ARM rivals rely on cooperation of various companies like IBM's R&D, GlobalFoundries, TSMC, Samsung Electronics, etc in order compete.)...No one is sitting still on the manufacturing side!=> Intel's current focus is on power consumption. They're pushing their next generation Atom designs to rival ARM designs in power footprint. Haswell/Broadwell focus is on lower idle power consumption. (They're introducing a new power scheme with Haswell.)What one should never do, is under-estimate Intel's ability to throw lots of financial and engineering resources in order to brute force their way out of problems. Give them sufficient time, and they'll succeed. That's what makes Intel a serious competitor.The three things ARM have over Intel is:(a) Their licensing of their designs as well as architecture is more flexible.(Intel is more restrictive here).(b) ARM designs are easier to manufacture due to simplicity.(Compared to a Core i-series solution...It means you can get more yield out of a silicon wafer.)(c) Lower cost chips.(This generally means lower system cost...Intel Atom chips cost approx 3x to 4x more.)I like ARM's presence in the market because it pushes Intel...Something AMD used to do aggressively. Intel needs competition as motivation to innovate. It goes to stagnation when there is no competition...And things get really boring for Enthusiasts! :banghead: (AMD isn't going to be able to hit back until Steamroller or Excavator in 2014 and 2015 respectively.)I want ARM to push Intel as I want (one day) to have a completely sealed, yet sufficiently powerful, portable system that doesn't require fans at all to keep cool. (ARM is almost there with the Cortex A15 powered Samsung Chromebook (XE303). It needs more performance!)=> www.anandtech.com/show/6422/samsung-chromebook-xe303-review-testing-arms-cortex-a15