Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

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Actually, the point of my last post was to reiterate Chipguy's assertions on ARM's advantage in the embedded and SFF space, rather than Intel's. As a matter of fact, Intel's ARM based products have met with only limited success. They grew strong for a while in the PDA processor market, but if you consider things such as cell phones, Intel barely has any design wins at all. Moving forward, I am certain that cell phones will begin adopting features of PDAs and soon eclipse their larger and slightly bulky predecessors. Intel has a of work ahead of them to catch up here, IMO.

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Well again I misunderstood, but rereading your reply it still looks the way I took it. Anyway, I think I read something the other day where INTC has won its' first cell phone contract beating out TI. If I had to guess it's probably a Spansion flash type loss leader attempt to beak into the market. INTC gave Itaniums away to break into the market so this is probably another one of those deals the OEM can't refuse but will cost a lot more later. Unlike AMD TI has the resources to compete with INTC in the dirty tricks department.

A little TI/INTC history.

http://informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=60404819