Amoxtli@thelemmy.club to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · edit-26 months agoIntel’s Move Toward Nationalization Won’t Work—at Least for the Long Haulwww.wsj.comexternal-linkmessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up116file-text
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minus-squarerafoix@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agox86s days are numbered. Only gaming PCs will stick to it long term. ARM will power almost everything until something better comes along.
minus-squareFuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoMaybe, but are there any ARM chips and motherboards you can buy freely (at least for consumers)? No its all embedded, all soldered on, no upgrade path. This is why I hate Apple Silicon you have to buy their trash everything else.
minus-squarerafoix@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoQualcomm seems like is going to be the big ARM supplier for Windows PCs. Nvidia and AMD have yet to announce any ARM SoCs. ARM is good enough for most computing needs and it uses a lot less power.
minus-squareBrikoX@lemmy.zipMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 months ago~~Nvidia did: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/grace-cpu/~~ missed that you mentioned Windows PCs exclusively. And AMD reportedly does too: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-is-allegedly-working-on-arm-based-sound-wave-apus-for-microsofts-surface-laptops-next-year
minus-squarerafoix@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoThat’s great because Qualcomm sucks.
x86s days are numbered. Only gaming PCs will stick to it long term. ARM will power almost everything until something better comes along.
Maybe, but are there any ARM chips and motherboards you can buy freely (at least for consumers)? No its all embedded, all soldered on, no upgrade path. This is why I hate Apple Silicon you have to buy their trash everything else.
Qualcomm seems like is going to be the big ARM supplier for Windows PCs. Nvidia and AMD have yet to announce any ARM SoCs.
ARM is good enough for most computing needs and it uses a lot less power.
~~Nvidia did: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/grace-cpu/~~ missed that you mentioned Windows PCs exclusively. And AMD reportedly does too: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-is-allegedly-working-on-arm-based-sound-wave-apus-for-microsofts-surface-laptops-next-year
That’s great because Qualcomm sucks.