Nokia N8 rubbish?

moox · 30-10-2010, 21:49

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really doubt that intel have a cat in hecks chance of getting anywhere with mobile phones - thats something like 99.9% based around ARM architectures.

Unless they licence ARM IP and create something based on that.

(don't know if they'd be allowed - they sold off all their ARM stuff to Marvell only a few years ago)

clonmult · 30-10-2010, 21:54

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Originally Posted by moox

Unless they licence ARM IP and create something based on that.

(don't know if they'd be allowed - they sold off all their ARM stuff to Marvell only a few years ago)

I never quite understood why they dropped their own ARM developments (XScale, wasn't it?). But their focus is on the Atom and its evolution.

2 totally different strategies - the atom evolving from the old and understandably much maligned x86 architecture, and the arm evolving from a project by a bunch of nerds searching for a cheap and efficient CPU design.

alanwarwic · 30-10-2010, 22:31

Atom is likely to be a major force in mids and even smartphones within a year.
The power envelope is now competitive so it is going to be interesting what their trump card is.

I assume they arrive New Year with Android gingerbread,
It also has Meego. With Nokia being needy they may make a big push here.

30-10-2010, 21:49	#26
moox Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 14,641	Quote: Originally Posted by clonmult really doubt that intel have a cat in hecks chance of getting anywhere with mobile phones - thats something like 99.9% based around ARM architectures. Unless they licence ARM IP and create something based on that. (don't know if they'd be allowed - they sold off all their ARM stuff to Marvell only a few years ago)

30-10-2010, 21:54	#27
clonmult Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: UK Posts: 3,291	Quote: Originally Posted by moox Unless they licence ARM IP and create something based on that. (don't know if they'd be allowed - they sold off all their ARM stuff to Marvell only a few years ago) I never quite understood why they dropped their own ARM developments (XScale, wasn't it?). But their focus is on the Atom and its evolution. 2 totally different strategies - the atom evolving from the old and understandably much maligned x86 architecture, and the arm evolving from a project by a bunch of nerds searching for a cheap and efficient CPU design.

30-10-2010, 22:31	#28
alanwarwic Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: the wild world web Posts: 28,132	Atom is likely to be a major force in mids and even smartphones within a year. The power envelope is now competitive so it is going to be interesting what their trump card is. I assume they arrive New Year with Android gingerbread, It also has Meego. With Nokia being needy they may make a big push here.

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