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Re:A preview of x64 emulation on Windows for ARM by supernovae on Friday December 11, 2020 @02:07PM (#25389408)
PC/Laptop and Microsoft are thriving. You can't even buy a modern GPU from AMD or Nvidia and Ryzen cpus are sold out everywhere - and there is a massive new console launch with X86 on new Xbox and PS5.

Windows has supported ARM for a while and they have a nice arm device right now.

New mobile Ryzen chips are extremely fast and efficient. X86 isn't going anywhere.

If Apple is successful putting algorithms into silicon for micro efficiencies Intel/AMD/Microsoft aren't going to sit idly by.

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Re:A preview of x64 emulation on Windows for ARM by x87678r on Friday December 11, 2020 @06:14PM (#25392932)
Good point on the consoles. I'm just thinking about my office and seeing thousands of new PCs bought every year. We're now getting more terminals and virtualized PCs running on servers. There isn't much reason to stay x86.
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