Microsoft is sending more than a few mixed messages to the gaming community, as it has started working on a new line of gaming consoles codenamed “Scarlett”, with a tentative 2020 release date.

That changes this year, as Microsoft is dropping all support for Windows 7, on computers powered by processors that lack SSE2. The move comes amidst concerns of security.

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By this token, it seems plausible that the future of computing is shaping up around alternative architectures, other than x86, a technology based on a design that dates back at least 50 years.