nonworkingrich
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- Jul 4, 2013
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Maybe they should go back to the drawing board and design something that can actually compete. Like they had better done when they were hellbent on taking over the graphics market.Again, don't underestimate the business side of Intel - they have some of the best and brightest minds available. They want domination of this market, in fact they're hellbent on it.
Have a look here: http://wenku.baidu.com/view/678a3a36dd36a32d73758148.html
Lots of Silvermont Pentiums and Celerons... heavy binning anyone? And that with the world's best fabs with the worlds bestest process. Weird, isn't ist? What would an ARM SoC cost if they had to scrap two thirds because they dont reach the perf/Watt targets?
But lucky Intel can always make money from scrap, because it has its devoted army of OEMs to to shove that garbage down the throat of unsespecting PC buyers. Say goodbye to Ivy Bridge Celerons, be happy to pay the same for slower chips in the future. Thats progress the Intel way... but I guess someone has to make sacrifices when Intel is hellbent on doing cool things. I know it won't be me.
Anybody who thinks Intel could sustain a mobile CPU business with Atom at the usual margins in that market, keep on dreaming. They have to heavily subsidize the mobile business line - Atom for mobile devices can not support itself, in contrary to the ARM SoC business. Or in other words: Atom still cannot compete, but Intel is hellbent on not letting the world know this time