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None of these comparisons manage to sink the Apple chip which is what Intel/AMD ultimately wants. If the myth that x86 is always going to be better isn't quelle
by sys_64738 4y ago
None of these comparisons manage to sink the Apple chip which is what Intel/AMD ultimately wants. If the myth that x86 is always going to be better isn't quelled enough then it starts to become irrelevant as ARM takes hold. So a lot of this is to try to support it through proof in benchmarks. I'm not saying that's the intent of phoronix.com - far from it. But that's a general philosophy which skewing benchmarks one particular way.
- sph 4y agoWhy do you have to see conspiracy in this? > "the myth that x86 is always going to be better" > "a lot of this is to try to support it through proof in benchmarks" There is no myth that x86 is always going to be better. Apple created a great architecture, but we can't all migrate to Macs, and sometimes we can't even afford to migrate to ARM. Not because of ideology, but because of legacy systems. So these benchmarks are not to support any kind of propaganda, just trying out new chips to see if we can finally get the same generational leap on the PC as well. Who cares about what Intel/AMD wants. Phoronix isn't the puppet of any of them, just another enthusiast user trying to inform.