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Look how long SPARC, z/Architecture, PowerPC etc have kept going even after they lost their strong positions on the market (a development which is nowhere in si
by fulafel 10mo ago
Look how long SPARC, z/Architecture, PowerPC etc have kept going even after they lost their strong positions on the market (a development which is nowhere in sight for x86), and they had a tiny fraction of the inertia of x86 softare base.
Obliterating x86 in that time would take quite a lot more than what the ARM trajectory is now. It's had 40 years to try by now and the technical advantage window (power efficieny advantage) has closed.
- IshKebab 10mo agoTo be clear if x86 is ever as unpopular as SPARC or PowerPC I would consider that to be obliterated. I was thinking more like if it falls to 10% of desktop/laptop/server market share, which is still waaaaaay more then the nearly-dead architectures you listed.
- fulafel 10mo agoCouldn't resist picking at semantics here: Things that have < 10% market share - macOS - all car manufacturers except Toyota Things that history considers obliterated: - The city of Pompeii - districts of Hiroshima within the bomb's blast radius