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Qualcomm Wants a Piece of the PC Market

jfruhlinger writes "Much of Intel's story of the past few years has involved its so far fruitless attempts to break into the smartphone and tablet market. But as it keeps trying, it may find competition on its home turf: Qualcomm, which makes many of the ARM-based chips in those smartphones and tablets, wants to make PCs, too. The advent of Windows 8 for ARM and Android will make this possible."

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  1. i hope CNBC falls back in love with them by MichaelKristopeit488 · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    i remember in the late 90s every time QCOM ran across the CNBC ticker, a recorded deep voice saying "QUALCOMM" would automatically play.

    good a thing as any to use for a drinking game.