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What's the issue with x86? Genuinely asking
by skohan 6y ago
What's the issue with x86? Genuinely asking
- imtringued 6y agoIt's compatible with all the software I own. Using proton is already a hassle. Adding emulation will just make it worse.
- tdsamardzhiev 6y agoSoftware compatibility will obviously be the main problem to resolve, but I'm an optimist.
- tdsamardzhiev 6y agoIt has a lot of historical baggage, most notably implicit interdependencies that make it hard/impossible to optimize and reorder stuff. We're entering an era of many-core processors, and IMHO we'll absolutely have to move to a RISC architecture, and the sooner we get that box checked, the better.