News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on What is wrong with all those AArch64 desktops?. Parent comment

Re:What is wrong with all those AArch64 desktops? by ksec on Friday January 10, 2020 @07:03PM (#22016920)
>the T2 chip and Bitcode.

BitCode is iOS only.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:What is wrong with all those AArch64 desktops? by runjake on Friday January 10, 2020 @07:09PM (#22016953)
There's a plan for that.

https://www.highcaffeinecontent.com/blog/20190518-Translatin...

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:What is wrong with all those AArch64 desktops? by saagarjha on Saturday January 11, 2020 @04:21AM (#22019046)
That article is overly optimistic and only works for the very specific, tailored example application. However, Bitcode is essentially repackaged LLVM IR so it's not hard to see it coming to macOS.
[ Parent | on HN ]