Subj : Raspberry Pi 4.. 8gb baby!
To   : Digital Man
From : Nightfox
Date : Sun Jul 12 2020 00:15:51

  Re: Raspberry Pi 4.. 8gb baby!
  By: Digital Man to paulie420 on Sat Jul 11 2020 03:37 pm

 >> continue to support it more and more; I envision a time when ARM even
 >> gets more popular...

 DM> I'm pretty sure ARM is already the most widely used (popular)
 DM> microprocessor architecture - but I suppose the margin could increase. 

I don't doubt that.

On a side note, I recently heard Apple plans to transition their Mac computers from Intel x86 to their own ARM-based processors:
https://www.wired.com/story/apple-will-put-its-own-chips-into-macs/

They say transitioning Macs to ARM will more easily allow apps in the Apple ecosystem to run on all of their devices.
I think it's interesting, since I heard Apple initially approached Intel to produce processors for their iPhone, but Intel declined.  Intel probably dropped the ball on that deal, and Intel has since struggled to make processors that are power-efficient enough for mobile devices.  For a while (around 2013 or 2014, if I remember), there were a few Android phones and tablets that appeared with Intel processors, but Intel has since stopped their mobile processor efforts.  Declining the iPhone deal may have been one of Intel's worst decisions.  If Intel had developed some efficient mobile processors, perhaps they could have had more of an advantage in the market these days.

Nightfox

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