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Re: Processor types

From: Mark Willey <willey@keymaster.etla.net>
Date: Sun Oct 11 00:43:17 1998
Newsgroups: comp.sys.wearables

Ken <landau@ymail.yu.edu> wrote:
: I agree that StrongARM is going nowhere. Intel bought it and will
: basically kill it.
: It will be used in select systems like the netwinder, but I doubt it
: will go far. Intel has too much invested in the (Pentium) x86 market
: to go changing things.

I am going more lukewarm on my "Intel will starve StrongArm" prediction.
Intel thinks StrongArm will hedge their bets in the sub-500 PC.  So they
have to give it some room to grow.  But I am aware of the "protect the x86
PC" mentality that goes on there.  Reason I am downgrading my prediciton is
that the SA-1101 companion chip has got a USB host controller in it.  That
makes it a much more viable machine, IMHO.

Mark

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