On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 09:50 +0800, Xiaofan Chen wrote: > http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3230 > > It seems that Silverthorne is an interesting product which may fuel > the growth of MID and UMPC. It might even be a killer for high-end > ARM processor in the future Absolutely. > (further power consumption reduction > is necessory to beat ARM). Is it necessary? While reducing power further is certain good, I don't think Intel needs to match ARM to beat ARM. x86 is such a powerful benefit to these CPUs, ARM will have to bring MANY advantages to the table to beat the x86 compatibility. Just IMHO. TTYL -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist