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I don't know why they would do that now. They're doing their own ARM thing, and the contingency would surely be more x86, even if not from Intel.



I don’t know why there would be a “the” contingency, but we know they’re also hiring for active RISC-V engineers. It’s definitely not obvious the field is as limited as that.


Yeah. Makes no sense. I loved PPC (and 68k before that) but it’s a dead platform that Apple has no interest in.


The Power ISA recently hit the front page here. It’s not a dead platform, it’s just mostly server focused.


It’s not strong on embedded, mobile or desktop, debunked by x86 and now ARM on super computer, cloud and enterprise. If it’s not dead, it’s on life support.


ARM wasn’t strong on many of the platforms it’s now running and will be soon. Apple has historically backed weak hardware platforms both to a fault and to astonishing success. Part of the way they did that was maintaining cross ISA builds internally for platforms no one would bet on.


ARM has been on the rise since its creation. Gaining market share and entering new segments.

PPC has ben bleeding costumers since Apple left the boat. Even game consoles gave up. With RISC-V on the table, competition is even harder these days.




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