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Re:How Many X86-64 Instructions Are There Anyway? by dom0 on Sunday April 30, 2017 @05:40PM (#14233997)
So? Samsung also sells a lot more smartphones than Apple, yet Apple makes far more profit from them. You can't pay R&D with revenue.

There are probably more PowerPC chips sold via laser printers and such than x86 chips. Conversely, 8051 derivates probably outnumber all of these. So what. Meaningless argument.

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Re:How Many X86-64 Instructions Are There Anyway? by pcwalton on Sunday April 30, 2017 @05:50PM (#14234045)
It's pretty hard to make an argument in 2017 that Intel is in a better economic position than its mobile competitors by focusing on the PC market.
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