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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by snazz on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:03PM (#23604473)
Yes. It appears that Rosetta 2 beats Microsoft's x86 emulation by a long shot. I wonder how they're avoiding Intel patents.
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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by donarb on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:26PM (#23604974)
What patents? All Apple is doing is translating x86 instructions to ARM instructions, they’re not emulating the processor.
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Re:Apple announces it will switch to its own processors for ... by mobiliakas1 on Monday June 22, 2020 @03:38PM (#23605220)
Keep in mind that current macOS runs ONLY 64-bit x86 apps and interestingly Windows on ARM emulates ONLY 32-bit apps. Since 64-bit extensions were designed by AMD, maybe they have some deal with them?
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