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Re:Pinebook Pro, First Impressions by yjftsjthsd-h on Sunday May 31, 2020 @11:21PM (#23375220)
x86 can go to lower clock speeds, but does that get them as low on power use? I was under the impression that Intel failed in the mobile space because they couldn't make x86 fit in a phone's power envelope.
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Re:Pinebook Pro, First Impressions by Gibbon1 on Monday June 01, 2020 @12:44AM (#23375527)
I think not that they couldn't but as they say, you don't have be able to outrun the bear, just the guy with you.

Not that they couldn't, just they couldn't beat ARM. And ARM already had a solid footing in the dumb phone space.

I think four things. Two Technical and two business. 0x86's innate power consumption per bit of state change is higher than ARM's. Lack of experience with low power process. No one wants to pay the Intel Tax. And Intel isn't very nice to their customers.

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Re:Pinebook Pro, First Impressions by rbanffy on Monday June 01, 2020 @07:27PM (#23385304)
If they spread their investment to compete against AMD in the current x86 niches and with ARM in the low-power spectrum, there won't be enough money to succeed in either.
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