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Comment Re:Really needed... in five years? (Score 1) 156

by bingbangboom on Friday October 28, 2011 @05:11PM (#37873948) Attached to: ARM Goes 64-Bit With Its New ARMv8 Chip Architecture

ARM is scaling up, while x86 is scaling down to get to this future "computing nirvana" where mobile meets desktop. I think x86, through AMD, is going to reach the computer/smartphone conversion line before ARM will. But the problem is the timeframe. Five years for ARM? AMD is at 2.1W for their tablet brazos chip with directX 11 and 64bit today. Meanwhile, Intel is just pissing around with Atom; their nextgen Cedartrail was thrown together with PowerVR graphics, can't even pass Win7 certification, and can only to 32bit DirectX 9.

Submission + - Is ARM ever coming to the desktop?

Submitted by bingbangboom on Tuesday September 20, 2011 @02:16AM

bingbangboom writes: Where are the ARM powered desktops? I finally see some desktop models however they are relegated to "developer" models with $200+ USD price tags (trimslice,etc). Raspberry Pi seems to be the only thing that will be priced correctly, have the right amount of features, and may actually be released. Is the software side holding ARM desktops back? Everyone seems to be foaming at the mouth about anything with a touch interface, even on the linux side. Or are manufacturers not wanting to bring the "netbook effect" to their desktop sales? Are ARM powered desktops destined to join the mythical smartbook?

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