Does somebody use both, current Intel and AMD tower PCs?

David Fletcher dave at thefletchers.net
Sun Mar 19 22:12:58 UTC 2023


On Sun, 2023-03-19 at 14:30 -0400, Robert Heller wrote:
> What is happening is the *ARM* Chips have caught up to x86 processors
> and will 
> be blowing past, in terms of bang-for-the-buck, CPU processing power,
> and 
> lowest power cost.  CISC chips (eg x86 flavors) have pretty much
> reached their 
> "peak" -- at this point transistor size is pushing atomic limits (eg
> the size 
> of a silicon *atom* is the limiting factor in transistor size).  CISC
> chips 
> need more complex gate structures / more complex micro code than RISC
> chips. 
> That is RISC processors need fewer transistors / simplier micro code
> to 
> perform the same op, and thus can do more with less (transistors,
> micro code, 
> power consumption, etc.).
> 
> Apple's M1 already out performs x86s.

This I find interesting, but I've tried searching a couple of times and
come up with nothing.

Is there as far as anybody here knows, a RISC chip mobo that does the
equivalent of the Jetway board I use for my home server and can run
Ubuntu server? It's an industrial Mini ITX board with a couple of SATA
data + power sockets, several back panel USB sockets, Ethernet socket,
12V only power, soldered down processor, fanless.





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