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What should we 'explain' about a false equivalence? Different processors for different markets? It was never much other than a mobile and embedded processor.
by kjs3 1y ago
What should we 'explain' about a false equivalence? Different processors for different markets? It was never much other than a mobile and embedded processor. Yeah, I suppose some folks thought is could be workstation PC, but how many RiscPC 700s were sold? By 1996, Sun had SPARC for, what, 10 years, and had just introduced UltraSPARC? StrongARM was never in the same performance ballpark on any dimension other than performance/watt.
I thought all the uncritical ARM fanbois had defected to RISC-V. Good to see some still carrying the torch.
- chasil 1y agoWhat is clear to everyone is that ARM survived and SPARC did not. Sun ownership would not have guaranteed survival, as management did many foolish things, but it would have upped the odds.