The article is wrong, both companies were doomed by hopelessly incompetant managers who either failed to see the coming end of film, or else saw it but failed to act (exercise for the student to decide which is worse.)

It didn't have to be like this, look at Fuji to see how a company could switch its main product and survive.

Pity, so many people lost jobs because of a few retarded managers at the top of their companies.

> It had better, since Atom currently provides about 1/4 of the power efficiency of the
> ARM processors that run IOS and Android devices.

Don't bet on it. The ARM design in itself is more efficient for sure, but Intel are frankly well ahead of anyone else in actual manufacture.

If they decide to build these with their Finfets and the latest node they have, then the gap between Intel Atoms and ARMs made at Samsung, TSMC or anyone else won't be so noticeable, unless that is that the Atoms actually pull ahead.

It will mean Intel using their latest high cost Fabs for Atoms though, rather than server or high end desktop chips.

Yes, because there were no billionairs in Roman times. Probably the whole value of the entire Roman empire was less than a billion (maybe a million considering inflation) so the difference between one billionair and one unemployed person now is greater than it could have been then.

Maybe I am just getting old, but if you don't understand what dns is, why are you reading and posting on slashdot?

...had to rush over to the TimeOn site to register. If it is doubling in size every year soon the whole world will be on it!!!

...the mighty herds of MS lobbyists swarming in their 1000s down to texas at this very moment.

> Never lived on a farm, did you.

Thankfully, no. (Squeal like a pig Boy!)

No kidding, broadcom are well known as the most total bunch of f***ers going.

If you use their chips in your product don't expect any support and do expect prices to be pushed up hard once you are locked into them.

But having said that its MS who basically fucked up bluetooth support in windows.

Oh please, who modded this up?

Sure, the maths in maths books is great because mathematicians know better - so says a mathematician.

Alternately, mathematicians have their heads so far up their arses they completely miss the real physical significance of whatever they are supposed to be doing - so says a physicist.

If you want to know physics, read a physics book: Essential Pre-university Physics by Patrick Michael Whelan is a nice quick one since I assume you don't want to put aside 6 months of your time to wade through Feynman.