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Except AMD has: * better single threaded performance than ARM * the same instruction set as developers' workstations * the willingless to add Microsoft/Sony'
by als0 6y ago
Except AMD has:
* better single threaded performance than ARM
* the same instruction set as developers' workstations
* the willingless to add Microsoft/Sony's hardware IP to the console chips
- stjo 6y ago1) There are many domains that don’t care about single threaded CPU performance or CPU performance at all. I would say gaming is becoming one such domain 2) This might soon change if Microsoft and Apple succeed in their quest to push ARM machines to the consumer market. I can imagine than an ARM macbook is all that's needed to start an avalanche in adoption 3) Willingness can change easily :)
- kyriakos 6y agoOther than the same instruction sets the other two factors can change in the 5 to 10 years that a console generation lasts.