There are a lot of spots where x86 still makes sense for embedded. A lot of the ARM SoCs are wimpy for I/O, plenty of devices have poor vendor driver support o

There are a lot of spots where x86 still makes sense for embedded. A lot of the ARM SoCs are wimpy for I/O, plenty of devices have poor vendor driver support outside x86, and there's many software tasks that are easier on Windows than an arbitrary ARM/Linux stack. We don't need Threadripper performance there, but we do need cheap, predictable, and not subject to supply whims. If you're a Chinese firm on a 10-year time horizon, "supply whims" includes making sure you've got domestic production.