By: anon (anon.delete@this.anon.com), February 2, 2013 10:21 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Richard Cownie (tich.delete@this.pobox.com) on February 2, 2013 6:55 pm wrote:
> Ricardo B (ricardo.b.delete@this.xxxxxx.xx) on February 2, 2013 6:31 pm wrote:
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> > Intel's margins in the x86 business because they manage to deliver a win-win: better products
> > (performance, power) with lower production costs (area, yield) than the competition.
>
> Intel's competition in x86 has been constrained by the patent and licensing
> issues around the various versions of the x86 ISA.
Yes, although we already demonstrated that this is a red herring for the purpose of discussing competitiveness in non-x86 markets, by their way of taking much of the RISC/UNIX market.
> Ricardo B (ricardo.b.delete@this.xxxxxx.xx) on February 2, 2013 6:31 pm wrote:
>
> > Intel's margins in the x86 business because they manage to deliver a win-win: better products
> > (performance, power) with lower production costs (area, yield) than the competition.
>
> Intel's competition in x86 has been constrained by the patent and licensing
> issues around the various versions of the x86 ISA.
Yes, although we already demonstrated that this is a red herring for the purpose of discussing competitiveness in non-x86 markets, by their way of taking much of the RISC/UNIX market.