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

[Robert Heller]

At Sun, 19 Mar 2023 22:12:58 +0000 dave at thefletchers.net, "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> 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.

Have a look at Hard Kernel's Odroid series.  http://www.ameridroid.com/

> 
> 

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