The aim of this thesis is to present trends in microprocessor architectures within the context of a noticeable contemporary decrease of personal computing and the rise of mobile computing. Intel x86 processors are increasingly becoming energy efficient and therefore suitable for installation in tablets and phones. Similarly, ARM processors are becoming sufficiently powerful and thus suitable even to be installed in multi-processor servers.udThe thesis highlights the historical factors that have led to this present day and discusses the differences between the two processor architectures. It proceeds to an in-depth discussion of the reasons for the entry of the two giants, Intel and ARM, in each other’s playing field. The thesis then focuses on the technical solutions employed by Intel, which enable it to scale down its processors to phones as well as examines the solutions that ARM incorporate into their systems in order for them to be used in in server systems.udThe 'Results' section contains benchmark figures for the speed of current phones and tablets that are fitted with Intel Atom and ARM processors.ud
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机译：本文的目的是在当今个人计算显着减少和移动计算兴起的背景下，介绍微处理器体系结构的发展趋势。英特尔x86处理器越来越节能，因此适合在平板电脑和手机中安装。同样，ARM处理器正变得足够强大，因此甚至可以安装在多处理器服务器中。 ud本文重点介绍了导致当今的历史因素，并讨论了两种处理器体系结构之间的差异。它深入讨论了英特尔和ARM这两家巨头进入彼此竞争领域的原因。然后，本文着重讨论了Intel所采用的技术解决方案，该技术使其能够将其处理器缩减到手机，并研究了ARM集成到其系统中的解决方案，以便将它们用于服务器系统中。 ud ”部分包含了当前装有Intel Atom和ARM处理器的手机和平板电脑的速度的基准数据。 ud
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