Meme transcription:

[Guy looking happy:] Hey, there’s a Linux version of that program I like

[Guy looking disappointed:] Closed Source, no ARM support

    • toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      39·
      3 days ago

      sadly, there are a lot of important newer x86 patents that are still years off, and new ones are added every few years, so the best you could do next year is a 20 year old chip.

      • woelkchen@lemmy.world
        7·
        2 days ago

        sadly, there are a lot of important newer x86 patents that are still years off

        Basic x86_64 in hardware and software emulation of extensions is a more viable path than full x86 emulation on ARM. What we don’t know if anybody is working on independent x86_64 CPUs.