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发帖数: 1034 | 1 by Daniel Cooper | @danielwcooper | 2 days ago
Despite Intel's best efforts, ARM remains the undisputed king of the mobile
world, but another chip design house, just 51 miles down the road, is hoping
to change that. Imagination Technologies, the outfit famous for its PowerVR
mobile graphics tech, wants to knock its better-known rival off its perch
with a new 64-bit MIPS chip. The Warrior I6400 promises to be a low-power,
high-performance CPU for smartphones, tablets and internet of things devices
that, the company claims, has the "technical superiority" over its
competition. Since Android L will support silicon of this kind, Imagination
is hoping that smartphone manufacturers will consider ditching ARM chips in
favor of the plucky challenger. What does this mean for the consumer?
Hopefully, faster devices, less power drain and a whole new topic where
people can argue the merits of one architecture against the other. |
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