Hedge fund Third Point urges Intel to explore deal options

Re:Hedge fund Third Point urges Intel to explore deal options by andrewstuart on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @03:14PM (#25574293)

Intel's advantage..... MASSIVE advantage over ARM is that ARM chips tend to have secrets and parts that are undocumented, and don't have the compatibility of Intel.

A random Intel device probably runs the software you want.

A random ARM device almost certainly doesn't run the software you want

Intel is failing to play this advantage.

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Re:Hedge fund Third Point urges Intel to explore deal options by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @03:47PM (#25574760)

Could you be a bit more specific about what you're talking about here? What secret parts? And what software do they run?

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Re:Hedge fund Third Point urges Intel to explore deal options by andrewstuart on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @05:20PM (#25575769)

You can't run Linux on Apple ARM hardware. It's closed, undocumented and proprietary.

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Re:Hedge fund Third Point urges Intel to explore deal options by AnimalMuppet on Tuesday December 29, 2020 @05:44PM (#25575990)

But that's because of Apple rather than ARM. Tarring all ARM processors with that brush seems rather unfair.

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