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The Era of General Purpose Computers Is Ending
- mimixco 8y agoThis seems kind of ridiculous. All (classical) computers are functionally equivalent, according to Turing, so we're not going to stop making "general purpose computers." Ever. While there's definitely a benefit in ASICs for some applications like crypto mining, the flexibility to run anything is a huge advantage of modern chipsets. It's led to the Internet of Things, to Raspberry Pi, to emulators for old devices, and countless other useful applications of general purpose architectures.