Verne Arase
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Actually, come to think of it Intel and AMD are not the best option for a competitor - it's ARM.Well, I suppose I could target the Windows on ARM laptop that Microsoft and Qualcomm have been collaborating on and install Linux on it. At least it's a start. If more people start doing this, then it could lead to the shift. Programming has to improve. 2 cores at 2.4 Ghz should be equal to 1 at 4.8 Ghz. The reliance on single thread performance in games is abysmal holding things back. More cores at lower speeds should mean more efficiency.
They produce the reference cores that both Qualcomm and AMD use - they just don't design high performance cores because their traditional market has been smartphones which are torn between medium performance and cost. They could probably be persuaded to attempt to produce high performance cores, but you'd haver to throw them a pretty lucrative bone to get them to concentrate on the PC side of things.