DirectX was always about displacing consoles. Alex St. John was talking about it in 1994.
The task is mostly complete. Software has won. The surprise is that Microsoft really hasn’t. They assumed they’d dominate whatever computer-ified market emerged… and that assumption is getting shakier every year. Windows suuucks. Linux is already a better way to run most programs and games. Even x86 is not a sure bet, and whatever ARM does to unseat it, that’ll transfer smoothly to RISC-V.
Everything old is new again. “The best Macintosh is an Amiga.” The best WinTel box might be your phone.
DirectX was always about displacing consoles. Alex St. John was talking about it in 1994.
The task is mostly complete. Software has won. The surprise is that Microsoft really hasn’t. They assumed they’d dominate whatever computer-ified market emerged… and that assumption is getting shakier every year. Windows suuucks. Linux is already a better way to run most programs and games. Even x86 is not a sure bet, and whatever ARM does to unseat it, that’ll transfer smoothly to RISC-V.
Everything old is new again. “The best Macintosh is an Amiga.” The best WinTel box might be your phone.
Funny with ARM finally starting to rise beyond just mobile devices, accurate but very early
It’s already serious business in laptops and desktops. Just exclusively for Apple’s awful little incompatible fiefdom.
Yeah, it’s just Apple actually pushing it forward and Microsoft sorta half assing it lol.
Microsoft does not make processors.
I obviously mean with software support, though also https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/15/23960345/microsoft-cpu-gpu-ai-chips-azure-maia-cobalt-specifications-cloud-infrastructure