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by marginalia_nu 951 days ago
Atleast for PC hardware, CPU development was severely stifled by lack of competition most of the 2010s.

Intel had no credible competition until AMD got their shit together with Zen, and wasted no opportunity to rest on their laurels. This is also why both newer Zen and also Apple's new silicon is seemingly making such fantastic advances. It's essentially catching up to where we could have been all along if we had a healthier market.