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Re:Intel dismisses ‘x86 tax’, sees no future for ARM or any ... by adrianmsmith on Thursday June 14, 2012 @01:35PM (#4112513)
"as sales of their desktop processors decline"

Why will their sales of desktop processors decline?

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Re:Intel dismisses ‘x86 tax’, sees no future for ARM or any ... by spiralpolitik on Thursday June 14, 2012 @02:45PM (#4112866)
People switching from buying x86 laptops or desktops switching to buying tablets instead.

If the iPad/Android/Windows 8 tablet doesn't have an Intel processor in it then that's money lost for Intel.

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