Replies to post #141123 on Intel Corp (INTC)

[chipguy]

Yes Xeon is cheaper, cooler and has generally higher single-thread performance but still there is no reason to give your competition any unnecessary edge.

The x86 core that goes into a 150W high end Xeon is the same core
that goes into 5W laptop/tablet chips. Going to 4 threads per core
is probably a win for Xeon but how much does it hurt the mobile end
of things even if the feature is disabled? The alternative of doing
a separate 4 way SMT core just for Xeon throws away a huge NRE
cost advantage vs RISCs.