Message from @Spook & Spell

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2018-09-08 15:51:25 UTC  

because it was never used in the first place

2018-09-08 15:51:25 UTC  

because nearly everything is x86

2018-09-08 15:51:25 UTC  

lol

2018-09-08 15:51:34 UTC  

everytihng pc side is x86

2018-09-08 15:51:37 UTC  

most server stuff is x86

2018-09-08 15:51:42 UTC  

ok some routing stuff maybe with ARM

2018-09-08 15:51:51 UTC  

ARM programs don't run on x86 natively

2018-09-08 15:52:18 UTC  

having to emulate x86 in ARM is slow

2018-09-08 15:52:22 UTC  

which means it uses more power

2018-09-08 15:52:50 UTC  

pretty much

2018-09-08 15:53:11 UTC  

the only thing that limited sucess in pcs w as powerpc

2018-09-08 15:53:18 UTC  

because it's what macs/some workstations in the 90s used

2018-09-08 15:53:23 UTC  

though that's all x86 now

2018-09-08 15:54:55 UTC  

if your wondering how slow it is

2018-09-08 15:55:06 UTC  

gets stomped by anything natively x86

2018-09-08 15:55:23 UTC  

even in real world stuff

2018-09-08 15:55:29 UTC  

also only 32 bit

2018-09-08 15:55:30 UTC  

not 64

2018-09-08 15:55:36 UTC  

wow

2018-09-08 15:55:52 UTC  

Now post arm emulation on x86

2018-09-08 15:56:26 UTC  

So ARM is slower but has lower power consumption... right? @bentech

2018-09-08 15:56:55 UTC  

Also wait didn't ARM exist way, way before x86?

2018-09-08 15:56:57 UTC  

ok don't think of it as purely arm vs x86

2018-09-08 15:57:02 UTC  

it all depends chip to chip

2018-09-08 15:57:14 UTC  

just no one has ever done a high power arm core

2018-09-08 15:57:26 UTC  

Yeah but

2018-09-08 15:57:33 UTC  

x86 was developed when ARM already existed

2018-09-08 15:57:42 UTC  

and from what you said it sounds like x86 is harder to make

2018-09-08 15:57:43 UTC  

no

2018-09-08 15:57:44 UTC  

why isthat?

2018-09-08 15:57:46 UTC  

x86 outdates arm

2018-09-08 15:57:57 UTC  

are you sure?

2018-09-08 15:58:01 UTC  
2018-09-08 15:58:05 UTC  

1978

2018-09-08 15:58:17 UTC  

of course instruictons for that wouldnt work today on modern cpus but you get the point

2018-09-08 15:58:28 UTC  

they would

2018-09-08 15:58:36 UTC  

that's most people's gripe with x86

2018-09-08 15:58:39 UTC  

it completely bloated

2018-09-08 15:58:43 UTC  

with all the old instructions