ARM and Intel declare war over IoT chips

Chip rivals ARM and Intel have both announced major new IoT launches at exactly the same time, opening a new front in their long-running war.
ARM classifies its Cortex-branded chip designs according to their relative size and power. ‘A’ stands for ‘application processors’ such as the ones that provide the brains in smartphones. ‘R’ stands for ‘realtime’ and tends to apply to communications processors such as those found in modems. ‘M’ s