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		The_rationalist on Nov 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Intel’s palpable desperation on display with Rocke... " With the ARM transition, Apple has perfect compatibility with the iPhone which is arguable more important for Apple than Intel compatibility." You can as much emulate x86 on arm than you can emulate arm on x86, so the point is moot

ogre_codes on Nov 7, 2020 | [–]

Indeed. Which begs the question. Why would Apple pay AMD or Intel when you just as easily emulate.

solarkraft on Nov 7, 2020 | [–]

Except emulation has a good bit of a performance penalty.

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