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2025-09-09 05:06 UTC
@rygorous@mastodon.gamedev.place @steve@discuss.systems @regehr@mastodon.social that makes sense, but then i'm less clear on apple's motives in switching their desktop parts from x86 to ARM...
but i guess in that case they saved money by transitioning from supporting 2 architectures to supporting only 1?
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@rygorous@mastodon.gamedev.place 2025-09-09 05:09
@JamesWidman@mastodon.social @steve@discuss.systems @regehr@mastodon.social They were doing their own silicon for mobile and knew their SoCs in particular were on a trajectory where it was more than competitive for the laptop/desktop parts as well, and they don't have an x86 license, so even if they wanted to they could not make their own x86s. But they can make ARMs. So they made ARMs with a bunch of added features to make x86 emulation minimal friction.