• magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    21 hours ago

    Its always going to be relevant, even if only emulated, simply because of how many code bases are stuck on x86/x86-64.

    Open sourcing it and all of its extensions solves the licensing problems of not only itself, but Arm, while providing a battle tested architecture with decades of maturity.

    Also imagine the fun FPGA consoles could have with that?

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      21 hours ago

      Oh I have no issues with it being relevant in the same sense the Z80 68k or 6502 still being relevant. Just not part of a controlling duopoly.