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AMD could enter ARM market with Sound Wave APU built on TSMC 3nm process

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283 points walterbell | 1 comments | 31 Oct 25 03:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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darkamaul ◴[31 Oct 25 07:37 UTC] No.45769289[source]▶
Better (or simply more) ARM processors, no matter who makes them, are a win. They tend to be far more power-efficient, and with performance-per-watt improving each generation, pushing for wider ARM adoption is a practical step toward lowering overall energy consumption.
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pjmlp ◴[31 Oct 25 08:58 UTC] No.45769815[source]▶
With the caveat that ARM isn't a industry standard like PC has become, thus while propritary OSes can thrive, FOSS has a much higher challenge other than OEM specific distros or downstream forks.

Stuff like this, https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Microsoft-Corporation/dp/15723171...

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1. pezezin ◴[01 Nov 25 10:29 UTC] No.45780610[source]▶
It's weird that the book is titled "PC98", because PC-98 usually refers to NEC's line of x86 but not IBM PC compatible computers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC-98

Which I think reinforces your argument: there were non-standard x86 platforms, but thankfully they died out. Given the situation of the home computer industry during the 8 and 16-bit eras, it is a small miracle that we ended up having an open industry standard.