Anybody still hate x86 on principal?

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I think that the Central Processing Unit will still be that, unless some one comes up with a computer, where every chip can do the same thing.
Imagine a computer, where all the chips can do the same things equally good, the OS has to take care of what does what, and when one chip becomes overburdened, the OS simply takes the needed resources, from what ever chips has free resources.
There would be no dedicated cpu, gpu, IO controller, memory controller and so on.

The Xeon, isn't that a server CPU?

[yssing]

x86 isnt going away in the nearest future, but the top is a cold and lonely place, and others are compeeting for the top.

But going for x86 now, would IMHO be a wrong move, especially since ARM is now moving forward, plus PPC is far from gone.

If there were to be a move to an other architecture, such a decision has to be based on extensive research and good foresight.

So personally I think, that sticking to PPC for NG would be a good move, and as for classic, then FPGA would be the right choice.