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What’s the betting that when Apple move to ARM processors AMD and Intel both start developing their own ARM CPUs. I have a feeling it’s going to be extremely ha
by andy_ppp 7y ago
What’s the betting that when Apple move to ARM processors AMD and Intel both start developing their own ARM CPUs. I have a feeling it’s going to be extremely hard for x86 to compete once Apple show the way on this.
- makomk 7y agoAMD were developing their own ARM CPU for a while. They dropped it to focus on Zen 2, and after looking at the results it's easy to see why.
- zozbot234 7y agoIntel sold their XScale ARM design to Marvell.
- robdachshund 7y agoThey don't really need to, they are already making the most powerful RISC chips on the planet. They both were looking at arm for mobile devices but stopped/divested when qualcomm became dominant. It really makes no sense for them to license arm patents and designs when AMD already has stuff like their new 4xxx laptop chips. I think rather than switching to arm, they will just continue making super efficient designs, er, amd will at least haha.
- kllrnohj 7y agoWhy would they? Instruction set is basically irrelevant. Almost nothing about the CPU design has anything to do with ARM or x86 or whatever. Apple may drag the OSX ecosystem kicking and screaming, battered & bloody over to ARM so Apple can control more of the stack, but why would that have any impact whatsoever outside of Apple's corner of the market?