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Nah, this is it for x86. The only relevant piece of x86 binary software is the Windows ecosystem ... and that runs on arm now. Everything else is either interpr

• oblio 6y ago
  Could be. However I'm doubtful that the PC market will move to a closed system similar to Apple's. So whoever comes in with ARM better be prepared for lots of competitions and low margins in a cutthroat environment. That's not a very attractive market proposition, especially since the x86 makers won't just take this lying down. I think we'll be in a weird place soon. Apple will be doing Apple things and increasing its market share but never taking over (maybe it will reach 20-25%? who knows). Many server environments will switch to ARM, especially the big cloud providers that can make their own chips. Qualcomm will push some more desktop class SOCs but I doubt they'll reach Apple's performance levels so they risk having their lunch eaten, especially by AMD. So it's possible that the PC desktop/laptop market might be "stuck" with x86 for many more decades. There is also a scenario where Intel or AMD come up with some brilliant designs and catch up completely or well enough to Apple in which case this will all have been a tempest in a teacup.