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Title: Intel missed the smartphone revolution — they're making sure not to miss self-driving cars too Post by: HCK on March 19, 2017, 04:05:23 pm Intel missed the smartphone revolution — they're making sure not to miss self-driving cars too
Intel lost the war for mobile silicon before they even realized it had started. With their purchase of Mobileye they're fighting to not miss out on self-driving cars too. Odds are good your computer has an Intel processor inside. Intel dominated the early years of the personal computer boom and has dominated ever since, despite chief rival AMD's best efforts. But the PC is dead, or at least has one foot in the grave. Sales are falling year after year as more and more people turn to mobile devices powered by ARM-based chips made by Qualcomm and Huawei and Samsung and Apple. ARM chips are even starting to encroach on the PC business and servers, threatening to pull Intel's bottom line out from under them. Intel missed the mobile boat. Big time. Their chips were never able to match Qualcomm's Snapdragon processors or Apple's in-house A-series chips in terms of performance, efficiency, or price. There's no chance left for Intel in mobile — they tried, they failed, and they've ack... Source: Intel missed the smartphone revolution — they're making sure not to miss self-driving cars too (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheIphoneBlog/~3/KhH3prP8dMM/intel-missed-smartphone-revolution-theyre-making-sure-not-miss-self-driving-cars-too) |