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Not only pretty decent — XScale was the best and fastest ARM for PDA-size devices.

The only reason Intel killed XScale was that it wasn't x86, it came through an acquisition, and they were afraid to cannibalize their own x86-based mobile plans.

Turns out it would have been far better to disrupt yourself rather than let others do it.



Weird since Intel tried themselves to kill x86 with IA-64.


IA-64 is the "INTEL Architecture 64", xScale is the non-Intel architecture.

A childish NIH driven decision that destroyed their future.


Intel tried to replace x86 with Itanium. XScale was just a thing they did on the side.


Because they won't have to share IA-64 with AMD.

ARM has many other licensees so Intel didn't want to continue




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