By: Anon (no.delete@this.spam.com), June 2, 2022 2:33 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Adrian (a.delete@this.acm.org) on June 2, 2022 1:47 am wrote:
> Now, when everybody able to do up-to-date CPU design has access to the same manufacturing
> process and they also either might be able to spend similar amounts of money as Intel
> on a CPU design or they might benefit of reduced design costs, e.g. by licensing cores
> or other components, the more efficient ISA begins to matter again.
With "everybody" meaning "Apple" the issue is that Apple does not sells CPUs, only complete systems, which include components (specially software components) that may not serve every customer, so unlikely to replace x86.
> Now, when everybody able to do up-to-date CPU design has access to the same manufacturing
> process and they also either might be able to spend similar amounts of money as Intel
> on a CPU design or they might benefit of reduced design costs, e.g. by licensing cores
> or other components, the more efficient ISA begins to matter again.
With "everybody" meaning "Apple" the issue is that Apple does not sells CPUs, only complete systems, which include components (specially software components) that may not serve every customer, so unlikely to replace x86.