baloofarsan on 04 April 2016
| Netty said: The x86 architecture is good enough. The big benefit is the whole universe of skills, parts, and drivers that have been built around it over decades of computing. The benefits start with the platform holder (Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, etc), allowing them to more easily design hardware platforms since they can pretty much pick and choose the parts they want, with a high degree of confidence that everything will work together. Since everything is a little more standardized, they can then put out higher quality development tools (compilers, debuggers, drivers, etc) for developers, allowing people to spend more time developing their software and less time fighting with crappy tools. |
Good answer. Is the X86 so much bigger and standardized than ARM or PPC??
