Buildkite’s Transition to ARM

Apple's new M1 Macs are showing promising results in terms of higher performance using less power, marking a significant shift in the computing industry as Apple transitions all its desktops and notebooks away from x86 Intel chips to ARM-based M1 chips. This change is expected to lead to a fundamental shift in how software is written in the upcoming years as ARM-based CPUs become more widely available. The ARM architecture, based on RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) design, offers significant cost savings and improved performance compared to x86 processors. AWS has also launched low-cost, high-performance EC2 instances powered by their ARM-based Graviton processor. Many companies are already transitioning to ARM native or M1-friendly software, with Adobe leading the pack in its Creative Suite.