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Intel terminates x86S initiative — unilateral quest to de-bloat x86 instruction set comes to an end
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So every server I've ever racked has been x86, every laptop I've imaged or deployed was x86, only IOT and embedded have I had to work with a non x86 instruction set.
The x86 monoculture is all I've known and it hasn't been a problem because it's an open platform. I think the "RISC" with ARM is like what I said, locked down bootloaders and architecture. Asahi and Graphene are amazing projects in this space and they give me hope, but the ARM architecture won't be the problem, vendor lock in will be.