Comment Re:because... (Score 2, Informative) 452
Unless I am very much mistaken the XScale is based on the ARM instruction set.
So Intel isn't competing against ARM with the XScale as they pay ARM to use the design.
Rather than making it suck, Intel have produced a higher clock rate version of the architecture for use in applications that need more oomph.
See: Intel PXA255 Processor with Intel XScale Technology
So Intel isn't competing against ARM with the XScale as they pay ARM to use the design.
Rather than making it suck, Intel have produced a higher clock rate version of the architecture for use in applications that need more oomph.
See: Intel PXA255 Processor with Intel XScale Technology
