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ARM > Intel

ARM is greater than Intel for power consumption vs performance. ARM processors will win the tablet/laptop war in the long run. There, I said it.

Why Intel Will Be a Mobile Loser

When you compare Intel’s Atom to ARM’s Corex-A9, the rather large gap between these two appears crystal clear. ARM is 1/3 as large as Atom yet uses between 1/5th and 1/6th the power.

Minor shortcomings in ARM performance compared to Intel Atom, however slight, are supplemented by DSP enhancements handling math calculations.

Toshiba debuts ultraslim Android laptop

Unless they make some serious pitfalls, ARM should have a serious stranglehold on the future of tablet PC’s and other mobile devices.

Toshiba AC100 specifications:

* Processor: Nvidia Tegra 250 Mobile Processor (1GHz, ARM)
* Operating system: Android 2.1
* Memory: 512MB DDR2 (333MHz)
* Storage: up to 32GB solid-state drive
* Battery life: up to “8 hours constant battery life”
* Display: 10.1-inch diagonally with LED backlight, 1,024×600 pixels
* Communication: Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR, WLAN (802.11 b/g/n), mobile broadband
* Connectivity: 1 USB 2.0, 1 Mini USB, Card Reader (SD, MMC), HDMI
* Camera: 1.3 megapixel Webcam with integrated microphone
* Weight: 870g
* Availability: third quarter of 2010 throughout Europe, Middle East, and Africa.
* Price: unannounced but similar product in Japan will be priced at, or under, $500