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Originally Posted by PB PM
The doom and gloom sayers for Intel are no different than when they were stuck with the Pentium 4/D. AMD Athlon 64 and the G5 PPC were out performing them and it looked bad. Then Conroe (Core Duo... 2006 MBP anyone) came out of nowhere, then the C2D, and then the Core i5/i7 Series launched and put them back on top. Don’t count your geese before they are cooked!
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Conroe was Core 2 Duo, but yes. Very impressive.
I would argue that both in the Pentium 4 and the Skylake eras, Intel became complacent.
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Originally Posted by PB PM
Apple would switch again to something else if it was beneficial, they’ve done it many times. I wouldn’t be surprised if they have iOS and Mac OS running on all kinds of stuff behind closed doors. In 2006 Intel was the way to go, 2020, ARM Apple silicon. 2030? Who knows.
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I'd be shocked if they don't have prototypes running on other archs, such as RISC-V.