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You know one of the great things about VMs? They're cross-platform. I'm guessing once the same amount of optimization is put into arm has has been put into x8
by bin0 7y ago
You know one of the great things about VMs? They're cross-platform. I'm guessing once the same amount of optimization is put into arm has has been put into x86, the performance ought to be comparable. I'm also about 99% sure docker can be run on arm (RPIs support it, right?).
With that said, I sincerely doubt Apple will kill x86 wholesale overnight. I'm guessing there will be a transitional period of quite some time.
Also, windows has been doing a ton of work around getting onto arm. I managed to test on my rpi 3, and it was pretty good. it would probably be very doable.
- ihattendorf 7y agoCross platform sure, but cross architecture will kill performance.
- rbanffy 7y agoNot necessarily. JIT ISA emulation that generates native code for the host ISA has been done for ages now.
- etaioinshrdlu 7y agoMy understanding is that you could expect, very roughly, maybe a 50% performance hit using best of breed emulators translating from one ISA to an other ISA nowadays.