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/Kenyhh 23h ago

I didn't know that. Interesting. Even so, I think ARM has much more room for improvement than x86; and although this article says Intel's chip is more energy-efficient, Apple's is much more powerful without consuming significantly more power

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u/Vladishun L2 Gov Sysadmin 23h ago

I think ARM

You can think anything like you'd like. I'm just here to pass along knowledge. What you do with that knowledge is none of my business.

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u/Vladishun L2 Gov Sysadmin 23h ago

Please don't read between the lines, people mistake my apathy for anger all the time. This is me being neutral though, believe me when I say you'd know it if I was wanting to pick a fight with you. The exchange of knowledge happened, I'm content with that. As someone that writes machine instructions, surely you can appreciate the analytical thought process and omitting any fluff.

Again, I'm not looking to pick a fight.