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Originally Posted by backtomac 
I thought that Ti had said they weren't going to 32nm. I didn't know that TSMC was committed to going to 22nm and that IBM had an agreement with ARM.
It'll be interesting to see how this plays out. At a similar process node I would think that ARM will have an advantage over the x86 designs of Intel. However, if Intel can keep their x86 chips one process node ahead of ARM who knows?
I thought that Ti had said they weren't going to 32nm. I didn't know that TSMC was committed to going to 22nm and that IBM had an agreement with ARM.
It'll be interesting to see how this plays out. At a similar process node I would think that ARM will have an advantage over the x86 designs of Intel. However, if Intel can keep their x86 chips one process node ahead of ARM who knows?
Um, I think you misread my Ti comment. Sorry if it was unclear.
TSMC: On page 2 you see the Atom deal with Intel mentioned.
http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.j...leID=216900470
IBM and ARM
http://www.informationweek.com/news/...leID=210604549
I don't expect to see Intel really trying to play against ARM until 32nm Medfield which is Intel's first announced smartphone offering. That's 2011 according to most folks.
ARM will push hard into netbooks and nettops before then I think with Android and possibly OSX.
I think Intel was being pretty forward looking in seeing ARM push into its market and seeing past AMD as a singular threat. Of course, with AMD being so-so at the moment, that's not too hard either.
Since there's no defense like a good offense, there's no reason not to push low power x86 into ARM's bread and butter markets even if they will only be moderately successful.
