Fedora Discussion: "ARM Is A Dead End"

[smitty3268]

@smitty3268: Isn't the desktop already dying on the consumer market?

No. Perhaps it's slowing down slightly, but it's not dying. It's just now a mature market while the hot new thing everyone is talking about (mobile) is growing.

[uid313]

why ARM? technically the loongson is much better because MIBS-64 BIT and a 256bit Vector-SIMD unit compatible to the ARM Vector-SIMD unit.

loongson is were ARM try to be in 2014.

why not just drop ARM and go loongson instead?

Interesting point.

I wonder ARM compares against MIPS.

[ldesnogu]

why ARM? technically the loongson is much better because MIBS-64 BIT and a 256bit Vector-SIMD unit compatible to the ARM Vector-SIMD unit.

loongson is were ARM try to be in 2014.

why not just drop ARM and go loongson instead?

That 256-bit wide SIMD unit is for their server chip, a thing that consumes 40W. No wonder they have no chance against ARM

[Qaridarium]

That 256-bit wide SIMD unit is for their server chip, a thing that consumes 40W. No wonder they have no chance against ARM

you don't get the point you get 128 GFLOPS double-precision or 256 GFLOPS single-precision for the 40W!

and this is very good!

[DeepDayze]

Must be a slow news day that random posts with random opinions need to be reported.

Nobody is going to take that mailing post seriously.

maybe the tinfoil hats would

[ldesnogu]

you don't get the point you get 128 GFLOPS double-precision or 256 GFLOPS single-precision for the 40W!

and this is very good!

You didn't get it: we were discussing how good ARM is for mobile computing and you come talking about a server chip

[Qaridarium]

You didn't get it: we were discussing how good ARM is for mobile computing and you come talking about a server chip

this is not a server chip! you can buy notebooks "Lemote 8133 notebook" with that chip-

the only difference is 28nm for ARM right now and 65nm for lonngson .-.

[ldesnogu]

this is not a server chip! you can buy notebooks "Lemote 8133 notebook" with that chip-

As far as I could find, that laptop uses Loongson 3A which doesn't have the vector unit (3C has it).

[curaga]

Don't you have couches?

Couches? As in multiple? As a poor student? I do have one old couch.

But how's that related? Tablets are really un-ergonomic, my wrists don't like it when poking one for more than half an hour. I don't really appreciate touch UIs either, due to their nature they are forced to insert lag (is this a single or double tap? Maybe a gesture?); my fingers aren't invisible; smudges, etc etc.

(I do have a couple Android tablets, so speaking from experience)

[smitty3268]

Couches? As in multiple? As a poor student? I do have one old couch.

But how's that related? Tablets are really un-ergonomic, my wrists don't like it when poking one for more than half an hour. I don't really appreciate touch UIs either, due to their nature they are forced to insert lag (is this a single or double tap? Maybe a gesture?); my fingers aren't invisible; smudges, etc etc.

(I do have a couple Android tablets, so speaking from experience)

Tablet + stand + external keyboard + duct tape = laptop.