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Comment Intel will not (Score 1) 229

Intel abominates ARM. They will do anything for it to die. Intel's marketing dept will not let them fab any ARM. Thats why they sold their ARM division.

I am sure that Intel offered Apple to use their x86 platform on the iPhone and iPad, but for some reason (energy efficiency, price, etc) they stuck with ARM.

Also it seems Apple is doing really well with ARM business, so I don't think they plan to make the switch anytime soon.

Comment High level embedded systems (Score 3, Interesting) 104

So many misconceptions here.

1st we can assume Android uses the kernel Linux, so android "includes" Linux.

2nd, there are many types (levels) of embedded systems. Some don't need CPU (nor software). Some require a simple microcontroller, and some require true connectivity, true multitasking, lots of RAM, and maybe an MMU. Some of these systems run OS, and some of there are Linux. Lets call those "high level" -- happen to be the ones we interact on a daily basis (like a Smartphone for example).

Said that, the great vast majority of embedded systems are not "high level", and we normally don't even "use" them directly, so they don't run Linux (nor Android).

What is true is that in general, people that need to program in high level, prefer to code in Linux (or even Android) than to code in Windows CE, bare metal, or any other Embedded OS (or RTOS out there).

But still, it will take "long time" to Linux really dominate the embedded market.

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