2024 might be the breakout year for efficient ARM chips in desktop and laptop PCs.

2024 might be the breakout year for efficient ARM chips in desktop and laptop PCs.

  • Hypx@kbin.social
    103·
    11 months ago

    This is just a repeat of the same old pro-RISC myths from decades ago. There is very little performance difference between x86 and any RISC based CPU, at least when pertaining to the ISA itself. Apple merely has the advantage of having far more resources available for CPU development than their competitors.

    • frezik@midwest.socialEnglish
      11·
      10 months ago

      Modern x86 is a CISC outer layer around a RISC inner core. It didn’t hang on this long by ignoring RISC, but by assimilating it. RISC really did change everything, but not by the way everyone thought.