Re:What is wrong with all those AArch64 desktops?
by pcwalton on Friday January 10, 2020 @03:33PM
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Without mention of Apple's plans for MacBooks, I don't buy this doom-and-gloom prediction. Remember that everyone thought AArch64 was DOA right up until Apple released an iPhone using it, and then all the other manufacturers instantly followed suit. I wouldn't be surprised if Apple is the first to release a mainstream AArch64 desktop/laptop, and then everyone else follows them.
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Re:What is wrong with all those AArch64 desktops?
by loeg on Friday January 10, 2020 @04:52PM
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It's vaporware until it exists. Sure, Apple seems to have the strongest ARM CPU at this time. It remains to be seen if they can single-handedly create an entire arm64 PC ecosystem.
Re:What is wrong with all those AArch64 desktops?
by fmajid on Friday January 10, 2020 @07:57PM
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I suspect they'd start with their server farms, just as Amazon is doing with its own ARM AWS instances based on the Graviton SOC it bought when it acquired Annapurna. Amazon is on record saying they are going to migrate their internal services like ELB over to ARM.