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0x000xca0xfe 5 days ago

Do the Snapdragons implement TSO/Total Store Order like the Apple chips to allow Rosetta 2 like x86 compatibility?

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goosedragons 5 days ago | parent [-]

No. But what x86/x64 support that is available on Windows/Linux isn't as slow as you might think.

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0x000xca0xfe 5 days ago | parent [-]

Do you have any data or reviews to link for that?

I'd really like to replace my old Thinkpad with a long-running, lightweight Linux laptop that can also do some gaming on the side (think Witcher 3 on good settings) but Snapdragon has not lived up to the hype AFAIK.

But big thumbs up to all the Linux devs that are working on improving the situation!

	▲	adastra22 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Not having the special hardware you are referring to means that the transpiled binaries have more fences than might be strictly necessary, which maybe gives a 5-10% performance hit depending on the use case?