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attila77	2010-04-23 , 08:53
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Originally Posted by Bec

Also regarding nanometers, ARM design always seems to be one step behind.
Cortex A8 has 45 (so does my core 2 duo but it's anything but new) while i7 is built on 32 nanometers and the technology for 20 nanometers has already been announced.

Ah, that one is slightly misleading, but easy (though you have to think business). The biggest gain is on the biggest chips, that's why Intel moves mid-to-high end chips there first (yeah, lowering Atom power consumption by 10-20% is cool, but making 15% more i7-s for the same amount of money is a LOT better business-wise as the profit margin on the i7 is significantly higher than on an Atom).

Take a look at the Atoms - not even the newest spanking N4xx/D5xx series is 32nm, they're still good ole 45nm (and even the next-gen, Moorestown, is 45nm). In fact, with OMAP4 and it's Cortex-A9 kin coming this year, ARM will actually be AHEAD even in manufacturing (as the first 32nm Medfield Atoms will arrive only in 2011)

Also this would be a great step for cross platform applications and we could install the same .rpm on our PC as in our mobile device.

Say, something like what Easy Debian already does ?

But seriously, Linux already does that pretty painlessly.

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