Re: Advice on system purchase
On 30/10/12 05:02, Stan Hoeppner wrote:
> On 10/29/2012 9:17 PM, Celejar wrote:
>> On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 21:06:36 -0500
>> Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/29/2012 6:08 PM, Celejar wrote:
>>>
>>>> Interesting. Google shows that there was a thread on /. a year ago
>>>> about the question of ARM on the desktop, but a quick skim shows no
>>>> obviously compelling reason why it won't ever happen. Thoughts?
>>>
>>> There a dozens of reasons. First and foremost, ARM sells millions of
>>
>> Thanks much for the detailed explanation. [I assume you really mean
>> 'billions'].
>
> No, I mean millions. One billion chips per year would equal 1 for every
> 7 humans on the planet, and that's simply impossible. Over 3 billion
> people have never used an electronic device. That's almost half the
> Earth's population. Do the math.
>
Your initial conditions are awry: you need to start by assuming multiple
chips _per person_ in the developed world. Mobile phones; televisions;
routers; cameras; PDAs; central heating controllers; washing machines,
to name a few. Then there's probably 10 per car. Now you do the math!
>> I don't fully understand / agree with everything you
>> write, but very interesting nevertheless. [I'm not conversant enough in
>> these issues to challenge you on anything you write.]
>
> It's simple economics: If one could make a decent amount of profit
> pushing an ARM based desktop CPU into the market, they'd do it. They
> haven't done it, nor will do it, because there's no money to be made,
> only losses, as history has shown us. Both IBM/Motorola and DEC lost
> money and failed to drive adoption of their RISC chips in desktops.
> Apple dropped PPC for Intel, eliminating the last RISC CPU in desktop
> machines. Given this history, if you're an exec at ARM, would you
> consider such a push viable? Let alone profitable? No, you wouldn't.
>
Well, maybe the've got more insight than you:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/10/30/amd_to_partner_with_arm_for_server_cpus/
Now what do your "simple" economics have to say?
You also seem to be unaware that ARM does not manufacture anything; it
merely licenses designs to chip foundries.
The foundations of all your arguments are at best shaky!
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