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Originally posted by Hauldren Collider
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Intel's R&D budget is much larger than AMD's. This said, I would be surprised if the difference between them was the engineers' salaries, rather than the infrastructure provided to them.In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU. -
They are very different beasts in many ways. Intel tried to make ARM chips back in the day, but they were awful.Originally posted by Oncle Boris View Post
Neither of these would grant performance increases.Couldn't they increase the performance by implementing it in an arcane/proprietary manner?
Similarly, I was thinking that they could implement OS X specific instruction sets in CPUs...
Intel isn't even close to a monopoly. And "transistors" are a "good investment", but the way forward is not always clear. You need the brightest minds, a lot of time, and huge budget to ascertain long-term direction.Yes. They happen to have $100b... I have a hard time believing that transistors are not a good investment for the future. Or have we reached the point where Intel is a natural monopoly (possible, I don't know)?"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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Intel would cease being market leader the moment someone came out with something cleverer than what they have, which is what happened when AMD got all those Alpha engineers. Furthermore, Intel has tons of competition--AMD's chips, SPARC, PowerPC, and ARM just to name a few.
Also Boris, it's painfully clear you know next to nothing about this stuff.If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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Intel's processes are improving so fast that x86 will be better power-wise than ARM. At which point, you could call them a natural monopoly in the consumer-level chip markets.In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.Comment
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Just stick to filosophy. I don't think you even know what a natural monopoly is.
False.Originally posted by Oncle Boris View Post
Very very false.At which point, you could call them a natural monopoly in the consumer-level chip markets.If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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AMD is close to bankrupt, and from what I've read it won't be long before Intel x86 chips will surpass ARM on power consumption through brute force alone.Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View PostIn Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.Comment
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1. AMD is not Intel's only competitor. Not by a long shot.
2. You are hearing wrong with respect to ARM and power consumption. Also, consider your use of the term "brute force". I can't think of a less apt analogy.If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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Just stick to filosophy. I don't think you even know what a natural monopoly is.
Yes I do. What's your point?In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.Comment
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I meant die shrinks. Why is it wrong?Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View PostIn Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.Comment
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x86 has a lot of overhead ARM doesn't have. Intel's process advantage may make them marginally competitive, but they'll always be handicapped.Originally posted by Oncle Boris View Post"The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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I get the point that the process advantage might never be enough, I was asking HC why it was wrong to compare a two-generation process lead to "brute force".Originally posted by Asher View PostIn Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.Comment
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And HC: what is the probability of seeing SPARC or PPC in the smartphone to desktop range in the next 10 years?In Soviet Russia, Fake borises YOU.Comment
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