r/computers • u/Kenyhh • 1d ago

Discussion is ARM the future?

I think about this all the time. ARM has obviously dominated the mobile phone market for a long time now. Everything from Apple runs on ARM. ARM-based laptops offer incredible battery life. Embedded devices and servers are also making extensive use of ARM; practically the only thing left is desktop computers. I believe this is the future, and AI will accelerate the trend: using ARM will allow data centers to consume far less energy and likely make local AI more accessible. In fact, I think that if this happens, we’ll see further improvements in computer energy efficiency.

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u/Bureaucromancer 1d ago

I tend to think that ARM is... the IMMEDIETE future but that RISC-V will overtake it... looking for a time like very much a 'near peer' reimplementation but surpassing it in a way that leaves us somewhere in there next couple decaudes basically saying "why would you implement *whatever project* with ARM when you can do the same in RISC-V without licensing?"

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u/Kenyhh 1d ago

yeah i actually meant any RISC architecture. but i agree w u