Intel never wanted monopoly.<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2012/11/20 mathog <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mathog@caltech.edu" target="_blank">mathog@caltech.edu</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Should Intel become the sole supplier of x86 chips we can expect<br>
technological stagnation at ever increasing prices in both the x86<br>
desktop and laptop markets. At that point ARM will likely become the<br>
chip du jour, since there is still competition there, and its use in<br>
phones, tablets, etc. provides economy of scale. This will push Apple<br>
even harder in that direction. So, somewhat ironically, Intel's finally<br>
achieving the monopoly in the x86 market that they always wanted may<br>
coincide with the start of pretty much everybody migrating to another<br>
processor.<br>
<br>
David Mathog<br>
<a href="mailto:mathog@caltech.edu">mathog@caltech.edu</a><br>
Manager, Sequence Analysis Facility, Biology Division, Caltech<br>
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