Re: Is Intel exceptionally unsuccessful as an architecture designer?

On 18/09/2024 02:42, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Wed, 18 Sep 2024 02:54:51 +0300, Michael S wrote:
 

There are few things Intel would wish more than to "suffer"
financially like Microsoft.

 It is true that Microsoft is not (yet) losing money, but still the
revenues from its Windows cash cow cannot be what they used to be, if you
look at the declining level of investment Microsoft is putting back into
its flagship OS.
 

I think MS has long ago stopped viewing desktop Windows as a cash cow. But it still gets in a lot of money from server versions, as well as server software such as MS SQL server.  (The client access licences for these cost far more than Windows desktop ever did.)  Their main cash cow, I believe, is subscriptions to Office365 and associated software where they have a near-monopoly for business use.  (I expect Azure and everything there also makes money, but it has to compete with other cloud companies.)

Its game division is also undergoing a bit of an upheaval at the moment.
Its own games are moving away from being exclusives to its own console
platform.
 And look at its ongoing unsuccessful attempts to port Windows to the ARM
architecture.

I'd rather not look at that, thanks!