Gregory's Server
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@ShadSterling They have a very long list of problems. The biggest of which is that ARM is eating their lunch. x86 is toast -- not that they haven't known it since they decided to create, and fail, at Itanium 25 years ago. @j12t Oh, I knew ARM was taking over some segments but thought at least x86-64 (both AMD’s and Intel’s implementations) were still the standard for servers and desktops. (All of mine are old enough to be Intel or AMD, hadn’t looked at potential replacements recently.) @ShadSterling I am writing this on ARM (MacBook Pro). And ARM-based instances on EC2 are cheaper than those based on x86_64 and I want to move my servers there as soon as I have a setup that works. All that's left for x86 is inertia. @j12t laptops are mobile enough I’d expect them to go ARM, even aside from Apple typically going its own way. Are *ATX boards moving to ARM now too? IIRC Intel’s low-power x86_64 never got traction, so I’d expect the micro-PCs will mostly be ARM now; the one I have isn’t, but seems to have been discontinued. I guess the kind of desktop I’m thinking of isn’t widespread enough anymore |
@j12t 😮
Will they switch back after the AI bubble bursts?
Sounds like it might be a good time to buy Intel, unless they have other problems I haven’t happened to catch any story about