Board:   [DeveloperNet] Mac Development
Subject: wxWidgets and universal b
From:    Bob Roberts
Date:    Thu Jan 21, 2021 10:06

  Re: wxWidgets and universal binaries
  By: Nightfox to Bob Roberts on Wed Jan 20 2021 12:35 pm

 Ni> I've heard Microsoft is making a version of Windows 10 for ARM too, with a
 Ni> regular desktop mode and an emulator to run 32-bit Intel x86 apps on ARM.
 Ni> It will be interesting to see where things go in the industry. If ARM gets
 Ni> more of a hold in the computer industry, I'm wondering how the
 Ni> custom-built PC market willbe affected. I'd hope people will still be
 Ni> able to buy PC parts and build their own PC for a long time.

I think (and hope) that there will always be a market for the home-brew PC, build from parts.  I think the market is strong enough that the manufacturers will continue to provide options, such as high-spec video cards, memory, motherboards and processors.  My guess is that one of the chip manufacturers will release a line of ARM processors for this market -- if ARM really does catch on.

Intel seems to be in a spot of trouble at the moment, with one Hedge fund pushing them to outsource their manufaturing to other fabs... anew batch of rumors indicates they will outsource their 5nm i3 chip manufacturing to TSMC.  I wonder if Intel will simply become a brand name on someone elses chips?


Bob Roberts

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