• Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    Whether we like it or not, the low-power-draw of ARM mean it’s probably the future of personal computing, very likely to supplant X64 systems in all but the server space. If ARM continues on this path of growth to create even faster, more agile processors, it could also eventually take over the server space well.

    Honestly, it’s time for a shakeup to Intel’s dominance and the stagnating status of X86/X64 chips.

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        2 months ago

        ARM64 is already here (Apple have replaced Intel with it, and Windows PC vendors are following suit), it’s just, as William Gibson put it, not evenly distributed. Mainstream high-performance ARM devices are imminent in a way that RISC-V isn’t yet.

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      2 months ago

      Once a truly reliable x86 translation layer is figured out Intel’s days are numbered, my mate just got a Surface pro ARM and the PRISM emulator mostly works, but it has all sorts of trouble with anything that hooks deep into Windows like VPNs and Anticheat software. The battery literally lasts all day though, sometimes more even with heavy usage which is kind of amazing.