> Good riddance to x86/x64 once someone makes an ARM core capable of current Ryzen performance and attaches a runtime binary translator to it. What you expect

> Good riddance to x86/x64 once someone makes an ARM core capable of current Ryzen performance and attaches a runtime binary translator to it. What you expect to happen: developers will target fastARM for new code and users will use the x86/x64 translator for existing/old code. What will really happen: outside of open source circles (where they do not need the translator anyway) developers will keep targeting x86/x64 for new code since their existing users will keep using their existing x86/x64 machines and anyone using the new fastARM machines will still be compatible thanks to the translator. This of course assumes that fastARM will be fast enough and the x86/x64 translator to provide better performance than a real x86/x64 machine. Otherwise users wont have much of an incentive to upgrade as all of their existing software will become slower. At least unless they are forced to (see Apple).