Nathan Brookwood
Nathan Brookwood
advantages degree dual far higher opposed power sharing
Having a more intelligent quad-core, as opposed to the dual dual-core, translates to better power usage and, in theory, far better performance. The advantages are that you get a higher degree of sharing with caches and buses.
architecture lose market share survive time
I don't know that Apple's market share can survive another architecture shift. Every time they do this, they lose more customers.
bragging rights
Sun, for at least two weeks, had bragging rights about that.