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They did not; they just quoted a Wikipedia article on x86. But then, if you ignore everything but x86 the argument is much weaker, because technology did not st
by kergonath 5y ago
They did not; they just quoted a Wikipedia article on x86. But then, if you ignore everything but x86 the argument is much weaker, because technology did not stop and wait for Intel.
It would not be that surprising if x86 ceases to be dominant in the future, at which point when the x86 became 64-bit is about as relevant as, say, the release of the PowerPC 620 (first 64-bit PPC chip, released in 1997).