I wanted to ask this in the off topic forum, but I feel this question would be better answered here and this particular thread is meant for off topic discussion anyways. By now, I'm sure you're aware of the new x86 intel atom smartphone that was released in India. Initial benchmarks show the single core atom beats the latest dual core ARM CPUs and even goes head to head with the latest Tegra 3 quad core ARM CPUs. Now my questions is, of x86 CPUs from Intel or amd becomes the dominant smartphone chip in the future, will this be the end of Android fragmentation? From what I understand, Android fragmentation is caused by irregular carrier updates and lack of consistent drivers between devices. According to Microsoft and the people working on Raspberry Pi, operating systems for ARM chips have to be compiled for chips from specific manufacturers. Windows 8 only supports certain ARM chips. With Intel x86, it has generic drivers as well as legacy support which means an x86 OS will work on any x86 chip regardless of type or manufacturer which is why Windows 7 still can run on a Pentium II and why OS X can technically be run on any PC despite what Apple says. So if Intel brings x86 and it's universal generic drivers to smartphones, does that mean like Windows, Android and Windows Phone won't have to worry about fragmentation anymore since each OS only has to be compiled once and they can be installed universally across all x86 smartphones without any problems or compatibility issues? And does this mean apps will work perfectly and consistently across all android phones that run off of x86 chips?