Subj : wxWidgets and universal binaries
To   : Nightfox
From : Bob Roberts
Date : Thu Jan 21 2021 10:06:38

  Re: wxWidgets and universal binaries
  By: Nightfox to Bob Roberts on Wed Jan 20 2021 12:35 pm

 Ni> I've heard Microsoft is making a version of Windows 10 for ARM too, with a
 Ni> regular desktop mode and an emulator to run 32-bit Intel x86 apps on ARM.
 Ni> It will be interesting to see where things go in the industry. If ARM gets
 Ni> more of a hold in the computer industry, I'm wondering how the
 Ni> custom-built PC market will be affected. I'd hope people will still be
 Ni> able to buy PC parts and build their own PC for a long time. 

I think (and hope) that there will always be a market for the home-brew PC, build from parts.  I think the market is strong enough that the manufacturers will continue to provide options, such as high-spec video cards, memory, motherboards and processors.  My guess is that one of the chip manufacturers will release a line of ARM processors for this market -- if ARM really does catch on.

Intel seems to be in a spot of trouble at the moment, with one Hedge fund pushing them to outsource their manufaturing to other fabs... a new batch of rumors indicates they will outsource their 5nm i3 chip manufacturing to TSMC.  I wonder if Intel will simply become a brand name on someone elses chips?  
 

Bob Roberts

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