CompatibilityĪll the software I need to use “just works”. My Xeon Linux-based workstation suddenly feels old. This is why I think ARM is the future, even if it might take a decade for the mainstream cloud to migrate over. It also means longer battery cycles for non-cloud use-cases (less waste, more bang for the buck). A number of fast-growing tech giants (besides Apple) are pouring a ton of money into making ARM work for a ton of use-cases: Nvidia (trying to buy ARM Holdings from SoftBank) and Amazon (deep investment in the new Graviton processors) are the two that primarily come to mind.Īs you might know, in processors low energy consumption (and low heat dissipation) often equates to the ability to scale processing efficiently for large workloads. It’s a pretty amazing piece of engineering, and in many ways, I think that the ARM architecture is the future.
The typical first reaction that you get when using this is “it runs my Docker stack without sounding like a plane taking off?”. So I’ve been using my new M1-based MacBook Pro for a couple of months for a mix of development, email, and other things an open-source maintainer does day-to-day.
