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It logically makes sense for Windows to move to ARM as well at this point. They already ported it with Windows RT, and now all they have to do is provide a tran
by nexuist 6y ago
It logically makes sense for Windows to move to ARM as well at this point. They already ported it with Windows RT, and now all they have to do is provide a translation layer like Rosetta and release the full Windows experience (instead of the locked down version RT was).
- crazygringo 6y agoBut there's no M1 chip equivalent for PC's. It's fine to have an ARM version of Windows but there's no equivalently high-performance ARM chip to run it on. Unless you're talking about Bootcamp on Macs.
- floatboth 6y agoMicrosoft went with Qualcomm, but indeed it's not-that-high performance. (Even the "new" 8cx gen2, also rebranded as Microsoft SQ2, is still basically an 855… The situation will improve somewhat with an 888 based chip.)
- _carbyau_ 6y agoAny reason why Intel and AMD can't do an ARM chip? I have a vague tickle in my memory that both Intel and AMD have dabbled in ARM before. Even if they don't assign large production volumes to it now, they could still have a design team working on it for a contingency plan.
- kalleboo 6y agoAMD was developing an ARM core "K12" in parallel with the Zen core. K12 was delayed in order to prioritize Zen, Zen turned out to be a massive hit, so K12 got delayed indefinitely. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_K12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_K12 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_(first_generation_microarchitecture)#History_and_development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_(first_generation_microarc... Once Apple released M1, rumors of AMD ARM development started again https://www.techspot.com/news/87851-amd-rumored-working-arm-based-apple-m1-rival.html https://www.techspot.com/news/87851-amd-rumored-working-arm-...