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Re:Against SQL by zimpenfish on Saturday July 10, 2021 @07:26AM (#27792652)
> It's been almost 15 years since the original iPhone and we're only now seeing ARM based processors in computers.

Are we just ignoring the Acorn Archimedes series of computers which gave rise to the ARM processors in the first place, fully 20 years before the first iPhone was launched?

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Re:Against SQL by techdragon on Saturday July 10, 2021 @07:48AM (#27792737)
No, we’re factoring in the market impact of the Acorn Archimedes on the wider desktop computing ecosystem compared to the impacts we’re seeing now around ARM on the server and the iMac of M1 based desktop and laptop machines.
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Re:Against SQL by fouc on Saturday July 10, 2021 @07:46AM (#27792721)
Dating from the iPhone release makes sense in the "It took a generational new form of computing (mobile)" context.
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Re:Against SQL by wongarsu on Saturday July 10, 2021 @07:48AM (#27792731)
The iPhone is the relevant reference because it's the reason why ARM is relevant in general-purpose computing today, and e.g. MIPS or POWER aren't
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