I don't know what sort of conflict of interest you might have on the matter. I have none. Just interested in being a good citizen and minimizing the environment

I don't know what sort of conflict of interest you might have on the matter. I have none. Just interested in being a good citizen and minimizing the environmental footprint of digital tech. There might be semantic splitting of hairs as to how one controls for different design features so that it is a proper "like-for-like" comparison. But for the longest time the narrative is that the ARM/RISC type optimisation is favorable for power consumption. "The use of ARM based systems has shown to be a good choice when power efficiency is needed without losing performance." [1] Not an expert in this stuff and would stand corrected if, e.g. both this paper and the related narrative is all a devious plot against x86. [1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0743731512002122 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S07437...