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Re:ARM v8-A with Scalable Vector Extensions: Aiming for HPC ... by pjmlp on Monday August 22, 2016 @08:56AM (#12335970)
Still I would like for them to keep improving the x86, otherwise we will eventually just switch our chip overlord.
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Re:ARM v8-A with Scalable Vector Extensions: Aiming for HPC ... by pcwalton on Monday August 22, 2016 @01:31PM (#12337918)
AArch64 is a very clean ISA. From an architectural point of view, I wouldn't be upset if AArch64 eroded away x86-64.

Of course, I don't want to sacrifice competition. It'd be awesome to see Intel and ARM competing in features, performance, power, and price on a simple target for compilers and programmers.

(Yes, I know as a practical matter x86-64 will never go away; it's simply that I like the direction the market is going.)

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