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On Sat, 8 Dec 2012 19:25:55 -0800 |
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Grant <emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> It seems like ARM processors will destroy x86 before too long. Does |
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> anyone think this won't happen? |
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> - Grant |
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Yes me. |
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ARM will take over where it makes sense and won't where it doesn't. |
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For desktops and laptops, x86 was used simply because there was nothing |
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else, so x86 is going to have to fight for it's survival in the |
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whole bottom and middle range there. |
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x86 has already lost the fight in the portable market (phones, tablets) |
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and truth be told never really got going there. |
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For everything else, I don't see ARM making much inroads. There's a hug |
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server market out there for things with computing grunt and the |
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software that drives them - x86 isn't going away in that market anytime |
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soon. |
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But this is an old, old, old argument. People predicted the demise of |
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mainframes for years when x86 started becoming a quite powerful cpu. |
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The current truth is that IBM sell more mainframes year on year, growth |
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is more than mere inflation can account for, and mainframes are just |
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getting stronger. So x86 didn't kill the mainframe, instead x86 played |
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a huge role in making both stronger. I see no reason to believe the |
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same story won't play out exactly the same all over again between x86 |
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and ARM. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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