How is the developer ecosystem going to fair? I would imagine a lot of tools don't work on ARM (or aren't regular tested on ARM). Moreover, I feel like it's going to be a big problem that the architecture you're deploying your code to is different than the one you are developing on. Who knows what kind of crazy performance differences/bugs there are between ARM and x86_64. Also, what about the audio/video/modeling software? I can't imagine that there's any support for ARM at the moment in that space.
Also, is the Mac Pro going to switch to ARM? I'm not aware of an ARM chip that can compete with the super highend Xeons in the Pro. Having laptops run ARM and Pros run x86_64 doesn't seem like the best idea (also sounds like a lot of work on Apple's part).
Of course, maybe this switch is going to create a high-end ARM space, allowing ARM to make inroads into HEDT and the server market.
A lot seems unclear at the moment, but one thing is clear (to me atleast): there's going to be a huge fight over the next 10 years, x86_64 vs ARM. No one can possibly know who will win, but it's exciting to the say the least. I think we've all been a little tired of the x86_64 monoculture since the end of PPC.
Also, is the Mac Pro going to switch to ARM? I'm not aware of an ARM chip that can compete with the super highend Xeons in the Pro. Having laptops run ARM and Pros run x86_64 doesn't seem like the best idea (also sounds like a lot of work on Apple's part).
Of course, maybe this switch is going to create a high-end ARM space, allowing ARM to make inroads into HEDT and the server market.
A lot seems unclear at the moment, but one thing is clear (to me atleast): there's going to be a huge fight over the next 10 years, x86_64 vs ARM. No one can possibly know who will win, but it's exciting to the say the least. I think we've all been a little tired of the x86_64 monoculture since the end of PPC.