Intel plans to crush ARM beyond 20-nm

Sylvie Barak, EETimes
9/24/2012 7:01 AM EDT

LONDON--Though ARM may currently have an indisputable advantage in low power processing, Intel believes it could eventually take the lead if it maintains its current pace of advancement in process technology.

Speaking to the firm’s executive vice president and head of architecture David (Dadi) Perlmutter recently, EE Times learned that Intel is pushing ahead with its sub 20-nm and 14-nm plans, while the ARM ecosystem struggles to find a business model beyond 22-nm.

Intel is biding its time. The semi giant appears quite prepared to wait a couple of generations until sub 20-nm nodes are breached before bringing the battle of low processing to ARM and its mobile minions.

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