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[chipguy]

RISC lost to x86 in the PC and server space even when RISC was
distinctly faster. The only RISCs periodically faster than x86 over
the last decade are IBM's Power chips and those have far higher
power budgets, chip level bandwdith, and cost structure.

For ARM to break into the PC and server space today it will face
the same software issues that PowerPC/MIPS/Alpha faced in
their day but with the second disadvantage of being way back in
performance instead of faster or at par. ARM's advantages over
x86 are business model based (cost/flexibility for OEMs rolling
their own unique SoCs). IMO ARM's supposed power advantage
is far overblown.