Submitted 3 days ago by Amoxtli@thelemmy.club to technology@lemmy.zip
https://www.wsj.com/tech/intels-move-toward-nationalization-wont-workat-least-for-the-long-haul-de403b16
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Tldr government could mismanage and misallocate as if private capital hasn’t done enough damage to Intel.
Also fuck the markets. There are no “free” markets with chips, x86 is a duopoly. Chip making in general is an oligopoly.
x86s days are numbered. Only gaming PCs will stick to it long term. ARM will power almost everything until something better comes along.
Maybe, but are there any ARM chips and motherboards you can buy freely (at least for consumers)? No its all embedded, all soldered on, no upgrade path. This is why I hate Apple Silicon you have to buy their trash everything else.
Make your own chips then.
RISC-V tried that and then the same US government wants to ban them for being outside of their control.
FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 3 days ago
Tldr government could mismanage and misallocate as if private capital hasn’t done enough damage to Intel.
Also fuck the markets. There are no “free” markets with chips, x86 is a duopoly. Chip making in general is an oligopoly.
rafoix@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
x86s days are numbered. Only gaming PCs will stick to it long term. ARM will power almost everything until something better comes along.
FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 2 days ago
Maybe, but are there any ARM chips and motherboards you can buy freely (at least for consumers)? No its all embedded, all soldered on, no upgrade path. This is why I hate Apple Silicon you have to buy their trash everything else.
Amoxtli@thelemmy.club 3 days ago
Make your own chips then.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
RISC-V tried that and then the same US government wants to ban them for being outside of their control.