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So maybe it's time to create a successor to x86-64. Nobody is preventing that from happening.
by ColanR 7y ago
So maybe it's time to create a successor to x86-64. Nobody is preventing that from happening.
- yjftsjthsd-h 7y agoDepending on what qualifies, ARM is there today, or will be soon if Apple has anything to say about it.
- saagarjha 7y agoApple's not really in the server market, though.
- imtringued 7y agoThere is a lack of viable non x86-64 hardware. Most ARM server vendors have shutdown before they even released their hardware.
- rbanffy 7y agoSadly, POWER is going to get hurt in this Intel vs AMD price war. POWER 9 was until recently competitive in price/performance with high-end Xeons but, sadly, IBM would need to cut prices and that's something they are not going to do.
- 1e-9 7y agoWe are far past time for a successor. The x86 family has been an architectural mess since the 8086. It's time for someone to provide an alternative that motivates the market to dump the baggage and start with a clean slate focused on security and efficiency, as opposed to compatibility. Unfortunately, I see nothing on the horizon. Neither ARM nor RISC-V qualify in my view. We need something more radical that has dramatic advantages.