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If anything, the talks concern GPUs, NOT CPUs. However much I dislike Intel, and however much I like AMD, the fact is that today AMD just cannot compare to Int
by hackermom 16y ago
If anything, the talks concern GPUs, NOT CPUs.
However much I dislike Intel, and however much I like AMD, the fact is that today AMD just cannot compare to Intel in the mobile segment in terms of power consumption and heat dissipation. There is just no way that Apple would make this kind of "switch" for their desktops or laptops. The closest plausible scenario would be a switch for their XServe segment, to bring more cores to them at a lower cost.
I am 100% certain that the next time Apple makes a brand/manufacturer switch of CPU in their desktop/laptop segment, you will see ARM written all over it.
- notauser 16y agoThat's going to depend a lot on what AMD have in their combined chip road map. Who apart from AMD could offer a single chip with laptop-class performance? Nvidia lack a CPU and Intel's graphics are not in the top tier (yet). If they could save 15% of their power budget for the CPU _and_ the graphics card by putting it all on one chip then that might be something that would work, even though a direct CPU to CPU comparison wouldn't.