>>>> X86 emulation via an ARM processor? Sounds ugly. [...] the real question is
>>>> will they be competitive?

>>> No different to running 68k binaries on PPC with Trance really.

>> Pretty big difference, Nick. The PPCs we run Trance on run many times faster than a
>> 68K processor. The ARM processors will be running at comparable speeds (or slower)
>> to an X64. Which, with the overhead, will mean X86 apps will run slowly on ARM.

> It's like it's running native ARM code.

Even if this was true (which I don't think it is as there simply must be emulation overhead), it's still different to "running 68k binaries on PPC with Trance" for the reason Jim mentioned.

> https://youtu.be/A_GlGglbu1U

No side-by-side comparison with native x86 speed (or native ARM speed for that matter).