Cost? Low power? Maybe. Maybe not.
As most already know, Microsoft says soon they will have a Surface Pro that does not use a chip from Intel. Nor from AMD, the only other choice for a x86 device.
[MS claims they have an x86 emulator running at almost at native speed.]
Cost? Power? Already some makers have low-cost low-power tablets with features like the Surface pro. They use an Intel Atom CPU. So maybe cost and power are not the big reasons.
What do you think?Maybe Microsoft wants to divorce Intel?
It has been a long marriage. What do you say?