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The article focuses on competition between semiconductor chip companies Intel and ARM. It comments on differences in chip designs between the two companies, with Intel chips maximizing processing power while ARM chips economize on energy. It talks about ARM's federated business design and the histor...

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Publicado en:Economist Vol. 402; no. 8766; pp. 61 - 63
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Economist Newspaper Limited 1/7/2012
Materias:
Intel Corp.
ARM Holdings PLC
Economic competition
Integrated circuits industry
Organizational structure
Integrated circuit design
Mobile communication systems
Client/server computing
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Sumario:The article focuses on competition between semiconductor chip companies Intel and ARM. It comments on differences in chip designs between the two companies, with Intel chips maximizing processing power while ARM chips economize on energy. It talks about ARM's federated business design and the history behind ARM's position in the mobile device market. It mentions that Intel is making inroads on the mobile device market while ARM is developing servers that utilize ARM chips.