Linux Founder Torvalds: Intel x86 Is King, but ARM Is ‘Disappointing’

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LINUX FOUNDER Linus Torvalds has said that ARM is unlikely to dislodge Intel from heavyweight computing as Intel’s ‘infrastructure’ is more unified and open. 

Torvalds made the comments in a Q&A with David Rusling, chief technology officer at ARM tools vendor Linaro, in response to a question about his “favourite architecture”.

“It’s because of the infrastructure. It’s there and it’s open in a way that no other architecture is. The instruction set and the core of the CPU is not very important,” said Torvalds.

 

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