With Silverthorne Intel has come full circle and embraced the same ideal, the goal is to have x86 from top to bottom and the range now includes ultra mobile devices once only reserved for ARM processors.
In every market segment Intel has entered with x86, it has managed to dominate based on two principles: manufacturing prowess and x86 compatibility.
Nice rewriting of history. Various OEMs have tried selling
large scale x86 systems since the 386. The sad fact is x86
penetration of the server market above 4 sockets has been
abysmal. Now the 1 to 4 socket server market is huge, over
90% of the server market by units, but the above 4 socket
server segment is worth nearly half the value of total server
sales. That is why Intel has steadfastly pushed onwards
and upwards with IPF for the last 15 years.
Intel has also pushed x86 into the embedded control market
since the beginning. That was by far the biggest market for
x86, and all MPUs for that matter, in the late 70s. In embedded
control x86 was a distant also ran to the 68k family in the 80s
and to ARM, MIPS, and PowerPC for the last 15 years.
The idea that x86 is some sort of unstoppable monster is,
historically speaking, bull****. The x86 ISA has had very
little penetration/market success outside of its home in
PCs and commodity servers (although this represents
the majority of value of overall MPU sales). Intel faces
an uphill battle in driving Silverthorne to success in the
embedded control market.
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