Who Stands to Lose to Nvidia’s New ARM Processor?

gigaom.com — There's long been talk of Nvidia joining the server CPU business, but most believed it would go the x86 route. Instead, it chose ARM. Since ARM's dominance in mobile devices means it is the processor of the future, other companies need a game plan, and fast. Jan 10, 2011 View in Crawl 4

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youareretarded Jan 11, 2011

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Why would intel stand to lose? They just sing a cross licensing deal with each other.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/10/intel-agrees-to-pay-nvidia-1-5b-in-patent-license-fees-signs-c/Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.

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phazoni Jan 11, 2011

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La la la la la laaaaaaaaaaaa.

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youareretarded Jan 11, 2011

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My bad, they just "signed".

Closed Account Jan 11, 2011

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x86's dominance in the "regular" computer market means IT is the processor of the future as well. Because regular desktops are NOTt going anywhere any time soon.

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melthornal Jan 11, 2011

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Dude, Windows 8 isn't even going to be on x86. x86 processors have run their course, they are over.

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acdcfanbill Jan 11, 2011

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FUD, Win8 will most certainly be on x86, possibly not 32 bit, but 64 bit extensions yes. MS only said they will be supporting ARM processors for cell phones and the like, exactly like win 7 does.

jqp123 Jan 11, 2011

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If your intent with that comment was to convince others that don't really understand the computing marketplace, I think you succeeded.

There are more applications written for x86 than all other platforms combined. There is no way that MS will ignore that with Windows 8.

crumbaker Jan 11, 2011

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Windows 8 is supporting arm cpu's and most cell phone use one already. These two factors might make the transition easier and more plausible. I don't think Intel has anything to worry about within the next 5 years though.