News Intel gets back into the ARM game with Stratix 10 FPGA

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  1. Gareth Halfacree

    Gareth Halfacree WIIGII! Lover of bit-tech Administrator Super Moderator Moderator

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  2. Paradigm Shifter

    Paradigm Shifter de nihilo nihil fit

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    Intel initially called AMD64 "EM64T", didn't they? As a rather cack-handed acronym it didn't catch on, so eventually went with x86_64... although IIRC they also tried "IA-32e" (presumably the 'e' meant 'extended' or sommat...) before admitting defeat.

    edit: Forgot to mention... sounds promising, I hope it takes off better than the Phi (which is actually pretty good, just hardly anyone bothers with it...)
     
  3. schmidtbag

    schmidtbag What's a Dremel?

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    Jeez Intel, make up your mind...


    What I don't get is why Intel is so incapable of competing with ARM. To my understanding, the issue with processors like Atom and Quark is they're just too complex. A 1.6L engine is not going to get decent fuel economy when it's lugging around 2+ tons of weight.
     
  4. rollo

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    Intels problem is even if they built a decent chip who would buy it? Samsung and Apple the big 2 are all in house. The rest could. It afford it.
     
  5. schmidtbag

    schmidtbag What's a Dremel?

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    I don't think this is meant for phones and tablets.
     

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