Assembly programming

[code]
get_random_number:
    mov rax[seed]
    mov rcx, rax
    shl rax, 1
    inc rcx
    mov rdx, rax
    xor rax, rcx
    mov rcx, rdx
    mov rdi, 9
    shr rax, 2
    mov [seed], rax
    mov rax, rcx
    xor rax, rdx
    xor rax, rdi
    ret

>>12
The writing is on the wall. Huge ARM clusters will be common in the server market in five to ten years. Intel can't react in time to counter them on power usage and cost, which is what the professional players care about. Meanwhile the smart phone and tablet market is growing upwards to small portable PCs that do the stuff the commoners need.
x86/AMD64 will stick around, but relegated to legacy apps, supercomputers and hardcore gaming.