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> x86 has its roots in the PC, which was an open and relatively standardised platform. x86 was and is proprietary (ARM's ISAs and designs are as well). The wid
by throwawaylinux 5y ago
> x86 has its roots in the PC, which was an open and relatively standardised platform.
x86 was and is proprietary (ARM's ISAs and designs are as well). The wider x86 platform is somewhat standardized, but that doesn't mean it's open any more than Apple computers using Thunderbolt or PCI or USB or DDR standards mean they are open.
- blackoil 5y agoCan you build an ARM computer of the components from Newegg?
- throwawaylinux 5y agoWell that's a logical fallacy if ever I've seen one, but I'll humor you. Yes, you can. https://www.newegg.com/acer-cp513-1h-s60f/p/2S3-0008-003J5?Item=9SIACA1FFH0420 https://www.newegg.com/acer-cp513-1h-s60f/p/2S3-0008-003J5?I... https://www.newegg.com/p/1HD-005N-00048 https://www.newegg.com/p/1HD-005N-00048 https://www.newegg.com/nvidia-945-13541-0000-000/p/N82E16813190013 https://www.newegg.com/nvidia-945-13541-0000-000/p/N82E16813... Etc.
- userbinator 5y agoDo they sell ARM processors and motherboards? Are there even standard sockets for them?
- throwawaylinux 5y agoThis is starting to seem trollish. If you are incapable of addressing the original comment I wrote about x86's proprietary nature then these rhetorical questions don't add anything. If you are, then please let's hear it (not in the form of a vague rhetorical question but a coherent argument). That said I'll humor you once more. > Do they sell ARM processors and motherboards? Yes some of those boards are essentially motherboards with ARM processors on them. > Are there even standard sockets for them? Not that I know of for ARM chips. If by "standard" you mean Intel-proprietary or AMD-proprietary, then there is be no reason that an ARM vendor or ARM Ltd. itself could not define a socket specification. That's not a matter of openness or proprietariness of the platform.