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by yjftsjthsd-h
545 days ago
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> but is there any significant value proposition besides compatibility ...Oh, is that all? Do you know how many things in computing have died because they didn't worry about compatibility? IMHO x86 could stay competitive even if it had nothing but compatibility to offer, though it also wins in other places. > Performance is often stated as an advantage of x86, but performance per what? Per Watt? Hour? Dollar? Chip size? Per machine it usually wins, especially on single-thread but also at least sometimes multi-thread, and if you're actually using it (i.e. not mostly sitting idle) then x86 does very well on perf per watt. |
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