What is the difference between the X86 and ARM platforms? For ordinary consumers, they may not know this, but for the industrial tablet computer industry, the difference between the two is very different. Then X86 and What are the differences between ARM and ARM? We can distinguish from the following points:
1, power consumption
The two development ideas are different, and X86 meets different applications and different fields as much as possible. Therefore, it has always advocated performance and speed. Of course, based on the balance of energy efficiency, its power consumption cannot be very low, although there is a big gap compared with ARM. But over the years, Intel has been committed to the research of high performance and low power consumption, and has already had very good results. The development of ARM is to meet specific applications. It has strong specificity in specific fields and has strong specificity in hardware.
2. Performance
X86 architecture computers, after more than 30 years of development, are much better than ARM platforms in terms of performance and production technology. The advantage of ARM is not its powerful performance, but its efficiency. ARM adopts RISC instruction set, which is at a disadvantage in completing comprehensive work, but in some applications where tasks are relatively fixed, its advantages will be played very well.
3, scalability
The X86 architecture is connected to the expansion device in a "bridge" manner. Especially after years of development and accumulation, the convenience, stability and cost control of its expansion have been done very well. The ARM connects the CPU with peripherals such as data storage through a dedicated data interface, which is generally determined during design and is difficult to expand later. Therefore, with the ARM architecture, the principle of "enough is good" is basically followed.
4. Software development and transplantation
The X86 architecture system has been launched for too long, and the user's applications, development tools, and supporting compatibility work have reached a very mature stage. Therefore, many cheap software development tools and third-party applications can be found on this platform. Greatly reduce the pre-development cost and cycle. Compared with X86, ARM appears to be stretched due to its hardware, system, compatibility and other limitations.
5.system compatibility
The alliance between the X86 architecture and Microsoft has monopolized the personal computer operating system for nearly 30 years, forming a huge user group, and deeply solidifying the habits of many users. At the same time, the development of its hardware and software has gradually formed a unified standard. Under this combined platform, some development tools have become increasingly popular, so the compatibility based on the X86 architecture is unparalleled.
Almost all of the ARM architecture uses the Linux operating system, and almost all hardware needs to build an operating system separately, which is incompatible with other systems, which undoubtedly restricts its development and application, until the Android system launched by Google later to unify in the application market. It provides strong support for the ARM architecture. At present, Google's Android system has become a masterpiece of the ARM platform.
