14 Jun
2026
14 Jun
'26
11:25 a.m.
Intel has shipped approximately 12 Billion CPUs since it's introduction
in 1978.
There have been more than 350 Billion ARM based CPUs sold since it's
introduction in 1985.
That means Intel is selling, on average, 250 Million per year in the 48
years since it's introduction.
Whereas, ARM, on average, there have been 8.5 billion ARM based CPUs per
year in the 41 years since it's introduction.
ARM wins in sheer numbers and wins even more in terms of architecture
refinement and structure.
On 6/14/2026 12:56 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote:
On Sun, 14 Jun 2026, Murray McCullough via cctalk
wrote:
Intel's x86 technology as in the 8086 came
into existence for the
microcomputer-user at this time back in June 1978. It was a response to
Motorola's and Zilog's move to 16-bit processing. Still in use
today...the
basic tech so to speak. Can it be unseated by RISC(Apple and such) and
Nvidia?
Intel 8086 was 1978
Zilog Z8000 was march 1979
Motorola 68000 was September 1979
The Motorola 68000 was the best 16 bit microprocessor.
But, the Intel 8086 was earlier. So, "a response to Motorola's and
Zilog's move to 16-bit processing" seems a little far-fetched, unless
we could also credit Intel with development of time travel - Did John
Titor go back and help them :-?
'course there can also be "creative" definitions of "16 bit
processing", because it is not unambiguously defined.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com