Qualcomm takes on the ARM CPU challenge

When Qualcomm introduced its PC clone that could run Windows and apps, people got curious. Was it just a Chromebook competitor or was there something new going on? Intel tried it with PDAs back in 1999 with StrongARM, but Microsoft didn’t get it then and made a half-hearted offering of a stripped-down OS, not the real Windows, and people weren’t interested. Intel didn’t see any runway and sold off the product to Marvell. Marvel didn’t do anything with it. When word started leaking out about Apple’s M1, Intel and a lot of others sat up and paid attention. When the