Intel Admits Defeat For Mobile x86

[SteelCrysis]

http://techreport.com/news/27889/end-is-...ue-efforts
A sad day. They tried their best, but mobile x86 was killed by the "ARM is more efficient than x86" myth. Of course, Intel won't outright admit this, and has to hide the death under optimism.

Intel may soon stop pursuing mobile market share by offering massive discounts on Atom processors. In a press briefing about the new Atom x3, x5, and x7 CPUs last week, Aicha Evans, Corporate VP and General Manager of Intel's Communications and Devices Group, suggested that such "contra-revenue" tactics won't be necessary with some of the new chips—and that, in the future, we shouldn't expect Intel to engage in these tactics at all.

[SickBeast]

It's not a myth that arm is more efficient than x86.

[ocre]

not so much if intel can have a 2x node advantage. Just being one node ahead gets them close. But if they can maintain 2 nodes ahead........
then there isnt much of an advantage for arm chips.

Its not the architecture that counts, it is the actual chip. Look at fermi. The gtx480 looked bad in so many ways but the gtx580 looked almost completely impressive. This is on the exact same node, almost the exact same architecture....the only active difference was the choice in transistors.

There are so many variables in play that we dont even think of but ultimately it is the chip that matters in the end.

[SteelCrysis]

Why do I say ARM's power efficiency advantage is a myth? Just read this again: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/18839...-efficient

[SickBeast]

The x86 Intel chips require a smaller node to be competitive.