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[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

ARMs are coming. RISCV are coming. Some Chinese brands have been seen, too.

[–] exu@feditown.com 9 points 4 days ago

Neither are commonly available in desktop form factors and they usually require custom builds for each board to work.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

And for many x86 will remain an important architecture for a long time

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago

ARMs are more oriented towards servers and mobile devices for now. Sure, we saw Apple demonstrating desktop use but not much is there for desktops for now. RISC-V is far away, Chinese CPUs are not competitive. It's coming doesn't help in short term, questionable in mid term. 🤷‍♂️ Yes, alternatives will come eventually, but it takes a lot of time and resources.