X86 is a zombie. It's dead but it won't lie down.
On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 2:53 PM Ken Seefried via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote: > If we consider 'by numbers' to be the most important metric, I suspect the > 8051 is still the world champ ISA. But I'm going to set 'by numbers' in > this context over here next to 30+ years of "x86 is definitely, without a > doubt, no question dead in the water Real Soon Now". > > P.S. - I thought RISC-V was killing x86 these days. ARM killed it last > time. Itanium the time before that. And the RISC hoard before that. >
