Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@landley" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>landley</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedi.catto.garden/users/gettie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>gettie</span></a></span> that being said I've yet to see any competition since <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cyrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cyrix</span></a> got stomped out, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Transmeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Transmeta</span></a> failed and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VIA</span></a> sold parts of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CentaurTechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CentaurTechnology</span></a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Zhaoxin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zhaoxin</span></a> which now fab their stuff on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhaoxin" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">16nm surplus'd</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TSMC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TSMC</span></a> nodes that were slated for export to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCST" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">MCST</a> but got embargo'd <em>for obvious reasons...</em></p><ul><li>Not that any of their chips were competitive past the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cx586" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cx586</span></a>, and nowadays it'll be faster to run <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/86Box" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>86Box</span></a> on a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RISCv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RISCv</span></a> than <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmeta#Code_Morphing_Software" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">old silicon</a>...</li></ul><p>Still, it angers me since <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> aims to be a foundation [to at least be able to recover data or backup/restore ancient hardware one can't get to run elsewhere]…</p><ul><li>Tho at least <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> 6.6.x as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LTS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LTS</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Kernel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kernel</span></a> release will still get fixes for quite some time...</li></ul>