&gt;&gt; Intel plateaued, no significant user-appreciated progress in the past 5+ years<p>It&#x27;s not true. Their 3DXpoint memory offers 10x GB&#x2F;$ of dram, at a speed relatively close to dram.Leaving aside the huge impact on the storage market -  Intel even did an exeriment[1] , taking a  8GB Dram computer and comparing it to a 256Mbte Dram(as cache) +  3DXpoint sitting on the main bus - and they performed equally.<p>If that&#x27;s true(and 3DXpoint has the reliability for such usecase) - this means Intel could possible own the mobile market - and own the full stack of computing.<p>[1]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=hXurTRtmfWc&amp;feature=youtu.be&amp;t=39m25s" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=hXurTRtmfWc&amp;feature=youtu.be...</a>