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Seems that'd be an argument for x86, not against it. Especially now when AMD is quite competitive. > starting sometime around 2020 That prediction hasn't pro
by greendave 6y ago
Seems that'd be an argument for x86, not against it. Especially now when AMD is quite competitive.
> starting sometime around 2020
That prediction hasn't proven wrong yet, but it's looking increasingly unlikely. If the Mac were a bigger part of their revenues, they'd probably be further along in the transition though.
- sitkack 6y agoIf I were AMD, I'd court Apple with a bespoke part just like they do for all the consoles.
- m463 6y agoAMD already does that with apple. their mac pro gpus (current and 2013) seem to be special designs.
- sitkack 6y agoAlready does but has are totally different. AMD could be ideally suited to ship an X86/ARM hybrid, run stuff on say 8 cores of ARM and say 2 cores of X86 for stuff that has compat problems. AMD already has ARM server experience with the https://www.amd.com/en/amd-opteron-a1100 https://www.amd.com/en/amd-opteron-a1100