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Re:Intel dismisses ‘x86 tax’, sees no future for ARM or any ... by alecco on Thursday June 14, 2012 @12:15PM (#4112035)
This makes no sense. They are adding more CPU cores to newer models. Are you saying that isn't useful?
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Re:Intel dismisses ‘x86 tax’, sees no future for ARM or any ... by excuse-me on Thursday June 14, 2012 @12:47PM (#4112240)
It depends what compute tasks you are using your mobile for

If the heaviest tasks are playing HD video, using webgl or playing 3D games then the GPU matters most.

If you are using your cell phone for massively parralel computation fluid dynamic simulation of nuclear weapons - then that's still the GPU.

If you are using it for I/O bound limited multi-tasking like database access or payroll processing then a 4core CPU is best.

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