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Re: The modern x86 CPU core is one of the most complex machines ever designed

I'm not sure that's an advantage considering what AMD's general manager of server business said about using ARM: "It wins because it is lower cost. It takes the process of making a CPU down from three and a half years and $350m and $400m down to 18 months and $30m". The same probably applies if someone goes for the POWER8 at the high end though not quite so cheaply! I think they're in it for the long haul.