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Re: Analyst: Tests showing Intel smartphones beating ARM were rigged

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GPLSQUARED LIMITED wrote:
> RonB wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 13 Jul 2013 04:31:08 +0000, Crabbit Bampot wrote:
>>
>>> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/12/intel_atom_didnt_beat_arm/>
>>>
>>> <quote>
>>> So does Intel's Atom-based Clover Trail+ platform really outperform
>>> ARM processors in smartphone benchmarks? Not so fast, says one
>>> analyst.
>>>
>>> In June, The Reg reported analyst firm ABI Research's claim that it
>>> had pitted a Lenovo K900 smartphone based on Intel's Atom Z2580
>>> processor against a brace of devices build around ARM
>>> system-on-chip (SoC) components and found that not only did the
>>> Intel part perform better, but it also drew less power.
>>>
>>> But Jim McGregor of analyst firm Tirias Research smelled something
>>> fishy, and after investigating, he now says the surprise showing by
>>> Intel had less to do with the chip itself as it did with
>>> inconsistencies in the AnTuTu benchmark used to conduct the tests.
>>> </quote>
>>
>> Gee, the tests were rigged. Who would've ever thunked it? Monopolies
>> don't seem to do nearly as well when they have to compete.
>
>
> I really don't understand which part Intel does not understand from
> all this.
>
> They need to make a lower power consumption ARM competing chip
> and sell it at a lower price for less performance than an ARM chip,
> and run Linux.
>
> e.g. resurecting a 486 into a modern CPU with 16 gbyte addressing
> on 20nm process is still equivalent to an arm on steroids
> if its running at 500MHz and consumes half the power will sweep
> the market if it is released running Linux and available at say $4.
>
> If a single header file describes the entire CPU and all its
> registers, then ARM is a DEAD DUCK because they don't know how to
> write
> a single file that describes arm registers consistently across arm
> chips unlike microchip for example.
>
> Which part of all this do these failed MBAs in Intel
> and their failed marketing department not understand?
>
> Please write clearly below in the space provided:
>
> Your worthless excuse:
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