[trimbo]

99.9999..% of servers in the world run x64.

x64 virtual machines, Docker, etc have to be supported on Apple's M chips for a long time to come. There's zero risk of this changing soon unless Apple wants to scuttle the non-iOS/non-Mac developer market for Mac.

M1 is a cool chip, but there's no reason for an average development company to rush into it unless targeting M1 MacOS specifically. Maybe the server world swings to ARM, but that will take decades to sort out, if it actually happens at all.

[tybit]

AWS have thrown their weight behind ARM server side and are really ramping it up for internal and customer usage.

x64 is still going strong but the competition has massively heated up over the past few years.

[sharpneli]

It took about 10 years for x86 to go to zero marketshare in servers into 80%+ in the 90's. Similar change in HPC market etc. So based on history the transition time is around 10 years, not tens of years.

[CyberDildonics]

That would mean 1 out of every million servers is not x64, which seems hyperbolic when amazon is making ARM servers and power chips are still out there.