16 Jun
2026
16 Jun
'26
11:25 a.m.
X86 is a zombie. It's dead but it won't lie down.
On Tue, Jun 16, 2026 at 2:53 PM Ken Seefried via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
If we consider 'by numbers' to be the most
important metric, I suspect the
8051 is still the world champ ISA. But I'm going to set 'by numbers' in
this context over here next to 30+ years of "x86 is definitely, without a
doubt, no question dead in the water Real Soon Now".
P.S. - I thought RISC-V was killing x86 these days. ARM killed it last
time. Itanium the time before that. And the RISC hoard before that.