> > PS: And that's not all. About two years ago noone thought anyone would be > mad enough selling 32 bit EFI anymore (I've seen Apples 32 bit UEFI and > some rather broken 32 bit UEFI implementations on some ca. 2010 Asus > notebooks/netbooks). But with Intels Clover Trail Bay Trail architecture, > many Notebooks, Netbooks, Tablets, Convertibles hit the market where a 32 > bit boot loader effectively crippled 64 bit hardware. Why? When Intel > acquired PowerVR, the graphics core was thought for the use in smartphones > and tablets. >
AFAIK Intel has not "acquired PowerVR", it's owned by Imagination Technologies where Intel has a stake. Intel has also made a statement (thankfully) that future Atom SOCs will use its own graphics core. Richard
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