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gautamcgoel ◴[] No.42055008[source]
Damn, first Intel missed out on Mobile, then it fumbled AI, and now it's being seriously challenged on its home turf. Pat has his work cut out for him.
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kevin_thibedeau ◴[] No.42055329[source]
They didn't miss out. They owned the most desirable mobile platform in StrongARM and cast it aside. They are the footgun masters.
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hajile ◴[] No.42055486[source]
They killed StrongARM because they believed the x86 Atom design could compete. Turns out that it couldn't and most of the phones with it weren't that great.

Intel should be focused on an x86+RISC-V hybrid chip design where they can control an upcoming ecosystem while also offering a migration path for businesses that will pay the bills for decades to come.

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Keyframe ◴[] No.42055769[source]
Maybe I'm just spitting out random BS, but if I understood Keller correctly when he spoke about Zen that (for it) it's not really a problem to change frontend ISA as large chunk of work is on the backend anyways. If that's the case in general with modern processors, would be cool to see a hybrid that can be switched from x86_64 to RISC-V and, to add even more avangarde to it, associate a core or few of FPGA on the same die. Intel, get on it!
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dwattttt ◴[] No.42056028[source]
If you think about it, that's what Thumb mode on ARM is.
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1. kevin_thibedeau ◴[] No.42057417[source]
Plus the original Jazelle mode.