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In message <irvfip$ufl$1@speranza.aioe.org>, Nasser M. Abbasi wrote:

> On 5/29/2011 10:26 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> The issue is power consumption. Intel has been unable to drive down the
>> power usage of x86 chips to offer serious competition to ARM.
> 
> Do you think the new intel 3D chips would do that?

Not a chance. They’ve already tacitly given up on phones for now, but are 
still making a big noise about tablets. Though I’ve yet to hear of any 
significant design wins.

The only advantage to having x86 on a tablet is the ability to run Windows. 
And nobody seems to care about that.