Does x86 have a long term future in the consumer space?

>>60741274
AMD's Zen architecture is more power efficient so it may have some more staying power in laptops and mobile devices.

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I hope not.

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>>60741274
Unless Google and Apple figure out a way to make the desktop truly go away, yes. Tablets and phones still suck for actual productivity. Many businesses have custom in-house software that won't leave the platform without a fight. Cloud magic isn't a proper substitute for real CPU processing power. A lot of coffee klatch operations can probably get away with an anemic computing setup.

Desktop ARM software has been a non-starter since the Acorn died off. Microsoft's WindowsRT was stillborn and more of a bitter retaliation against Moblin. Linux still has issues with ARM architectures after all these years and Torvald's browbeating has gotten himself nowhere.

Attempts to wedge x86 out of its space has been a non-starter. Transmeta is ded and has been ded. nVidia supposedly has a monster ARM chip cooked up in the labs, but decided to leave it there.

>>60741274
Yes, it's absolutely got a long-term future.

>>60741388
I too hope Risc-V amounts to something but I don't see it overtaking x86-64 any time soon. But it could happen.

It's interesting that one of the reasons ARM isn't taking market share from x86-64 in a lot of places where they could is the lack of expansion options. Hopefully we can get some fully functioning RiscV boards a few years from now (I hope but I don't see it as very realistically). x86-64 is the only platform where you can connect various cards using PCI-e slots, connect a lot of harddrives with SATA and so on.

>>60741274
No, ARM will pass up x86 within 5 years and 95% of work can be done on phones/tablets

>>60741274
>future in the consumer space
Yes, were gonna need something to warm our spaceships up. Might aswell get a 2for1 with x86 instead of having to buy processors AND heaters