Thread: Nokia + Intel - Does that mean we're going X86?
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jsa is offline jsa
2010-04-22 , 15:07
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Originally Posted by Bec View Post
Yes but most users don't see the "ARM inside" logo so what do they care? The intel logo makes an impact - it's advertising and it's on every second PC.
The brand doesn't run your devices, the CPU does.

So still I ask my question:

Why did Nokia choose intel? - I don't think that unifying the mobile linux distributions was THAT important to them or that Moblin represented any competition.
1) That way they don't have all their eggs in one basket. Their partnering with Intel doesn't mean they'll stop using ARM.

2) Intel needs to get into embedded/mobile badly and is willing to put considerable effort in software and hardware platform development and has a long history in open source. Moblin and Maemo were very similar so it makes a lot of sense to get together. Both win.

3) ARM only designs CPU's, then licence them for manufacturers to build and that's it. What would Nokia get from partnering with them directly?
 

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