Re:How Intel Missed the iPhone: The XScale Era
by qwytw on Sunday September 01, 2024 @03:04AM
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> There wasn't a world where Intel pays for an ARM architecture license, designs Apple's cores,
They had an ARM license and they had their own high-end cores that pretty much all PDAs used. In the early 2000s if you wanted a high-end ARM chip Intel was the default choice.
> We can argue for or against Intel acquiring an ARM license in an alternate reality, but truth is they don't care
Well as I said they already had one in our reality and could have easily ended up in the position Qualcomm is now if they played their cards right (well realistically in a better position because Qualcomm historically struggled keeping up with their own core designs and ended up switching to Cortex while Intel had a significant head start).
They had an ARM license and they had their own high-end cores that pretty much all PDAs used. In the early 2000s if you wanted a high-end ARM chip Intel was the default choice.
> We can argue for or against Intel acquiring an ARM license in an alternate reality, but truth is they don't care
Well as I said they already had one in our reality and could have easily ended up in the position Qualcomm is now if they played their cards right (well realistically in a better position because Qualcomm historically struggled keeping up with their own core designs and ended up switching to Cortex while Intel had a significant head start).