[Info-vax] Microsoft On ARM Failure (was Re: VSI licensing policy (again))

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-09-23, Dave Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
> On 9/23/2021 10:27 AM, chris wrote:
>>
>> Perhaps, but Arm has far more traction and installed base than Alpha
>> ever had. It does need Microsoft to get serious about Arm on the desktop
>> and in servers. The processors are already there, but mass adoption of
>> arm and windows would upset the probably very cosy relationship with Intel.
>>

I wonder if the availability of RISC-V is likely to upset anything ? :-)

>> Can't see any reason for the delay otherwise. Arm is everywhere else...
>>
>
> My question is, "why"?
>
> x86 is cheap.
> x86 is everywhere.
>
> What reason would Microsoft have to look at anything else?
>

Why do phones use ARM processors instead of x86 processors ?

Simon.

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