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I don't know why they would do that now. They're doing their own ARM thing, and the contingency would surely be more x86, even if not from Intel.
by jclulow 5y ago
I don't know why they would do that now. They're doing their own ARM thing, and the contingency would surely be more x86, even if not from Intel.
- eyelidlessness 5y agoI don’t know why there would be a “the” contingency, but we know they’re also hiring for active RISC-V engineers. It’s definitely not obvious the field is as limited as that.
- tambourine_man 5y agoYeah. Makes no sense. I loved PPC (and 68k before that) but it’s a dead platform that Apple has no interest in.
- eyelidlessness 5y agoThe Power ISA recently hit the front page here. It’s not a dead platform, it’s just mostly server focused.
- tambourine_man 5y agoIt’s not strong on embedded, mobile or desktop, debunked by x86 and now ARM on super computer, cloud and enterprise. If it’s not dead, it’s on life support.
- eyelidlessness 5y agoARM wasn’t strong on many of the platforms it’s now running and will be soon. Apple has historically backed weak hardware platforms both to a fault and to astonishing success. Part of the way they did that was maintaining cross ISA builds internally for platforms no one would bet on.
- tambourine_man 5y agoARM has been on the rise since its creation. Gaining market share and entering new segments. PPC has ben bleeding costumers since Apple left the boat. Even game consoles gave up. With RISC-V on the table, competition is even harder these days.