Re:AMD Killed the Itanium
by ghaff on Saturday February 04, 2023 @11:55AM
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Intel actually has a lot more software development than they're generally credited with. It's mostly "just" hardware enablement but when the Linux Foundation was still providing external numbers on Linux kernel contributions by company, Intel was one of the very top contributors.
With respect to ARM, Intel pretty much blew it, especially on mobile. They were so determined to exploit their x86 beachhead. I remember at an IDF, they were even trying to make a case for how it was important to run x86 everywhere so that Flash would run consistently.
Re:AMD Killed the Itanium
by acdha on Saturday February 04, 2023 @12:06PM
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I’ve often felt that Intel’s embrace of open source is someone wanting not to repeat the Itanium loses. They seem to have a much better relationship with key open source projects now.
With respect to ARM, Intel pretty much blew it, especially on mobile. They were so determined to exploit their x86 beachhead. I remember at an IDF, they were even trying to make a case for how it was important to run x86 everywhere so that Flash would run consistently.