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[mas]

Quark competes directly performance-wise* with ARM A5 which ARM is also touting for wearables power efficiency. Quark is *not* going to be a competitor to Cortex-M which is perhaps the only low power range where x86 currently can't compete.

http://www.arm.com/products/processors/cortex-a/cortex-a5.php
http://www.arm.com/products/processors/cortex-a/cortex-a5.php?tab=Performance
http://www.arm.com/products/processors/cortex-a/cortex-a5.php?tab=Specifications

*similar DMIPS/MHz and clockspeed.

[Andy Grave]

.......sounds like Qualcomm wants to do the Chinese "two step" just like Intel.


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Qualcomm to tap server market with the help of China
Qualcomm plans to co-develop the technology with Chinese partners

By Michael Kan
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IDG News Service | Nov 19, 2014 11:30 PM PT

Qualcomm wants to enter the server market, but it won't do it alone, and will tap expertise in China to build the low-power chips.

"We're going to work with Chinese companies to bring that technology and in fact co-develop that technology with Chinese companies," said Qualcomm executive chairman Paul Jacobs on Thursday.