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0 pointsnewscracker5y ago0 comments

> The x86 emulator is also likely to be a source of friction. In the past when Apple has switched architectures the new one is so much faster that even emulated code see some benefit. That's not the case here, old x86 apps stand a good chance of performing poorly and having issues.

This doesn’t match Apple’s claims and demos of performance of emulated x86 applications. I’d suggest you watch the WWDC 2020 keynote video for more on this and take a look at the compute and graphics intensive x86 applications they demonstrated running (emulated on Rosetta 2) on ARM hardware of undisclosed specs.

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jandrese5y ago

I'm taking those demos with a grain of salt personally. Historical precedent suggests this is very difficult to get right.

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jandrese5y ago

I'm taking those demos with a grain of salt personally. Historical precedent suggests this is very difficult to get right.

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