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From: RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: "The first Copilot+ PC has been tested and it destroys the
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Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 01:59:49 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-05-26, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
> On 2024-05-26 8:11 a.m., RonB wrote:
>> On 2024-05-25, Andrzej Matuch <andrzej@matu.ch> wrote:
>>> On 2024-05-25 1:58 p.m., chrisv wrote:
>>>> Andrzej Matuch wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> As an end-user, it should be the same to me. However, even I think that
>>>>> x86-64 needs to go. Considering how far they are able to go with ARM in
>>>>> terms of extending battery life, cutting power consumption and removing
>>>>> the need for cooling, it only makes sense. It should especially be of
>>>>> interest to hippies if they are truly concerned about society's general
>>>>> energy usage.
>>>>
>>>> I think that with x86-64 going to the big.little architecture, it
>>>> should remain competitive in the power department.  In general use,
>>>> the efficient cores will doing almost all the work.
>>>
>>> The x86-64 architecture isn't going anywhere because Intel and AMD have
>>> invested too heavily into it. Its demise will come when people stop
>>> considering chips by those two companies. That will only happen when the
>>> disadvantages of using processors by either corporation become too
>>> obvious to ignore.
>> 
>> According to links rbowman posted, Intel will be producing ARM chips and, I
>> think, AMD has worked out some kind of deal with nVidia to produce ARM
>> chips.
>
> They will produce them, but I doubt that they will focus entirely on 
> that. Like I said, they've already invested so much into producing the 
> x86-64 chips that even if they were to decide to focus on ARM 
> development, they wouldn't just abandon it. I see no long-term future 
> for x86-64 myself, mostly because it truly can't compete with something 
> that doesn't have all of the archaic code bogging it down. However, a 
> lot of companies probably need a chip which will run their ancient 
> software. Unless the emulation offered on ARM is stellar - and I'm sure 
> it will be - people will want the older architecture.

I agree they'll produce both. "Ancient software" — until now? You know me, 
I'll take "trailing edge" over "cutting edge" just about any time. What I've 
got works.

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