Qualcomm vs. Intel: ARM backed Snapdragon Microprocessor

A recent article in the NYTIMES details the new market battleground between ARM designs, which are licensed by such Intel competitors as Qualcomm and Nvidia,3 and intels ATOM processor line. It renews the debate over whether a race to ultra low power mobile internet devices can replace a whole range of consumer uses for mid-size desktop or heavier machinery. Combined with advances made in SSD solid state flash memory, and a few more bleeding-edge designers working on the problem of folding a folding or rolling up a decent bluetooth or usb keyboard, how eager will consumers be to purchase the “smallest” option in the future?