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The last time they changed architectures, they stuffed a new motherboard in an old case, to let developers get ready for the change. I think it's unlikely they
by ken 8y ago
The last time they changed architectures, they stuffed a new motherboard in an old case, to let developers get ready for the change.
I think it's unlikely they'll update their flagship Mac to a new CPU architecture without notifying developers first. On day one, all existing apps would perform poorly, and that's not how you promote a new top-of-the-line system.
- tpetry 8y agoExcept they do it like their transition to Intel and emulate all software with the old architecture. But their new architecture would have to be very much better than intel. Or maybe they transpile x86/64 to their arm Rchitecture.
- grecy 8y agoIs there anything that stops them making their own x86-64 CPU?
- astrange 8y agoIntel and AMD's patent pool would have to expire for anyone else to jump in.