Re:How ARM got so successful without the public really noticing
by prodmerc on Sunday November 29, 2015 @10:33PM
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I really wanna know the logic behind that decision. They probably thought ARM was not worth it? Despite it being used successfully in Pocket PCs?
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Re:How ARM got so successful without the public really noticing
by daemin on Sunday November 29, 2015 @10:44PM
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Based on what another commented has said it seems Intel bought the ARM license from DEC, and given that they sold off only the consumer ARM chips - keeping the task specific ones - it makes sense in a way. It was so they wouldn't have any internal competition or divided focus away from their low power x86 chips - the Atom's.