Re:Intel to license x86 CPU cores for use in custom processors
by snvzz on Wednesday April 19, 2023 @06:04PM
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>A laptop with arm and x86 cores might allow Microsoft to speed up its transition from x86 to ARM in the laptop/mobile world.
I simply don't see this transition happening. Microsoft is working on a RISC-V port (as per RISC-V CTO talks in the RISC-V Summit), and Qualcomm is unlikely to release many more generations of ARM-based SoCs (as per the lawsuit, and as per Qualcomm's own talks in the RISC-V Summit).
The only way forward is RISC-V.
x86 is finally going away, and RISC-V is its replacement.
A laptop with arm and x86 cores might allow Microsoft to speed up its transition from x86 to ARM in the laptop/mobile world.
No idea on viability but sounds fun :D