Comments on: Cloud is ARM's Secret Weapon Against Intel

By: Doug Amos

Doug Amos — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:35:22 +0000

I came across this post while doing some research up here in March 2010. There’s some very prophetic words in here, especially Geoff’s comment “All it needs is someone to repackage the iphone with bigger screen and keyboard – job done! Plenty fast and powerful enough!”.
Geoff, can you also tell me which lottery number will come up this week?
For the record, the ARM’v'Atom battle is still in the early skirmish rounds, even now.

By: Analyst Firm Thinks ARM Will Beat Intel on UltraMobile Devices – GigaOM

Analyst Firm Thinks ARM Will Beat Intel on UltraMobile Devices – GigaOM — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:01:50 +0000

[...] But in the last two years, thanks to the efforts to port software to its instruction set, and the overall movement of applications to the web, ARM has whittled away Intel’s advantage on that front, and we’re now seeing ARM-based [...]

By: Qualcomm Turns a Netbook Into a Smartbook

Qualcomm Turns a Netbook Into a Smartbook — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:14:30 +0000

[...] chips. However, when it comes to smartbooks, Qualcomm will have to deal with possible demand for software designed for x86 chips and convincing folks to shell out more money for a data plan on the [...]

By: As Devices Converge, Chip Vendors Girding For a Fight — GigaOM Pro

As Devices Converge, Chip Vendors Girding For a Fight — GigaOM Pro — Thu, 28 May 2009 10:44:38 +0000

[...] ARM, the rise of the cloud eliminates the need for x86 software. If most of a user’s applications can be accessed via the web, ARM just needs to focus on [...]

By: Long View: As Devices Converge, Chip Vendors Girding For a Fight

Long View: As Devices Converge, Chip Vendors Girding For a Fight — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:19:12 +0000

[...] ARM, the rise of the cloud eliminates the need for x86 software. If most of a user’s applications can be accessed via the web, ARM just needs to focus on [...]

By: The Cloud Makes Computers Truly Cheap and Truly Personal

The Cloud Makes Computers Truly Cheap and Truly Personal — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:41:27 +0000

[...] architcture rather than Intel’s x86 architecture. As an EETimes article points out, if you can run your applications in the cloud, then the underlying hardware becomes less relevant. This holds true on the client side and in the [...]

By: Nick Eman

Nick Eman — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:50:48 +0000

“Cloud” – Sounds to me like the concept of credit…..then one day, the Cloud crashes and bye-bye data. Sorry but I am not comfortable with my data being “out there” anymore than it already is.

By: Can Intel Thrive in a Post x86 World?

Can Intel Thrive in a Post x86 World? — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:07:01 +0000

[...] such as ARM, which is licensing its intellectual property to a variety of chip firms that build application processors for mobile phones, or Nvidia, which is helping devleopers write code to run more applications on its graphics [...]

By: Intel/Nvidia Catfight Is About More Than IP | The Click

Intel/Nvidia Catfight Is About More Than IP | The Click — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:33:24 +0000

[...] This looks like one way Intel is circling its wagons as PC sales drop, GPUs gain prominence, and it finds itself fighting for mobile market share against chipmakers pushing ARM-based [...]

By: Intel/Nvidia Catfight Is About More Than IP

Intel/Nvidia Catfight Is About More Than IP — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:30:25 +0000

[...] This looks like one way Intel is circling its wagons as PC sales drop, GPUs gain prominence, and it finds itself fighting for mobile market share against chipmakers pushing ARM-based chipsets. [...]