November 1, 2011 — Intel believes that these extreme-low-energy systems represent only about six to 10 percent of the server market, but this kind of cloud-based computing is growing really fast — too fast to be ignored.
With so many new moving parts — new chips, new compilers, new versions of Linux — these emerging ARM systems will have a lot of potential points of failure. That’s going to be a turn-off for most enterprise IT developers, says Jason Hoffman, chief technology officer with Intel-funded cloud service provider Joyent.
But if someone could build a highly integrated server appliance out of these chips, they might have a winner. “If someone took a Samsung- or an Apple-like approach to making an ARM server — a highly integrated, very beautiful device that has real benefits over the clunky Nokia phone (type of device) that you had before. If someone can do that, it’s very interesting.” Read more
