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    Arm promises Intel Core i5 performance at lower power

    And Arm's latest roadmap shows it overtaking Intel next year.
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    Re: Arm promises Intel Core i5 performance at lower power

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    So with AMD and now ARM breathing down there neck what are intel going to pull out of the hat to keep there performance crown? wasn't ARM a British company until it was bought by a Chinese company?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture

    Going by wikipedia (ARM) originally stood for "Acorn RISC Machine" and one of the first chip they made was in the BBC Micro, so they have come a long way!

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    Re: Arm promises Intel Core i5 performance at lower power

    BBC Micro was 6502 - first ARM chips were in the Archimedes
    Old puter - still good enuff till I save some pennies!

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    Re: Arm promises Intel Core i5 performance at lower power

    Quote Originally Posted by Ravens Nest View Post
    So with AMD and now ARM breathing down there neck what are intel going to pull out of the hat to keep there performance crown? wasn't ARM a British company until it was bought by a Chinese company?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture

    Going by wikipedia (ARM) originally stood for "Acorn RISC Machine" and one of the first chip they made was in the BBC Micro, so they have come a long way!
    They were bought SoftBank Group who are Japanese and do commercials like this:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJcvRLKO_pU


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