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Zkuq 1 day ago
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Pemalite said:
Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

Intel pivots away from its X86S initiative

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-pivots-away-from-its-x86s-initiative

Good. x86 baggage is such an insignificant die-cost, the loss of decades worth of backwards compatibility would suck.

The die cost is probably not the only cost though. There's probably research and development costs involved too, because any time you create anything do, someone has to make sure it supports all the legacy stuff too, and that the legacy stuff also works. And someone has to design how it fits into the big picture. There's probably documentation and other things involved too. It's probably not a terrible cost altogether, but it probably adds up, and I can see why Intel would like to get rid of all the legacy stuff.

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