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Sure, but then they're competing with everyone else in a fair fight. Which means either taking a huge hit on margins, or having a product with enough of a performance delta to justify prices somewhere near today's.

The problem isn't so much x64 vs ARM but that, more broadly, high-performance CPUs are becoming commoditised.




Which is why Pat was on the right track imho with foundry. It’s too bad he won’t have the tenure needed to see the outcome of 18a, good or bad.

Even Arm is tenuous at best with risc-v right on its heels.




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