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kpf: implies price/performance and other hard factors will be dominant criteria for buying decisions

Right. That's why uP semis are not. There is far too much differentiation in products and price points for commoditization to take place. This will not happen for many, many years. The simple reason: Performance has not reached the absolute top and will not for quite some time. Until then, other applications will be found and other cost effectiveness for computational increases will be sought.

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