Intel forum is next front in x86 vs. ARM war

Rick Merritt, EETimes
9/6/2012 3:00 PM EDT

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Next week's Intel Developer Forum is shaping up as the next front in the battle over who will own the cloud and who will own the mobile client.

During IDF in San Francisco, Intel will roll out new client and server products and initiatives to defend its turf in everything from ultrabooks to exascale supercomputers. It also will try to grab some territory in hot mobile markets like smartphones, tablets and the Internet of Things were it lacks a firm foothold today.

Arch-rivals Advanced Micro Devices and ARM are setting up flanking actions all across the same terrain. Here’s a bit of what it looks like from our vantage point.

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