Apple does have a massive team working on optimizing their ARM chips, they started out with redesigning the uncore, hired quite a bit of talent from other compa

Apple does have a massive team working on optimizing their ARM chips, they started out with redesigning the uncore, hired quite a bit of talent from other companies, and have moved to optimizing the CPU itself. They even forced Global Foundries and Samsung to sync processes at 14nm to build their chips: http://semiaccurate.com/2014/04/17/semiaccurate-right-apples-foundry-plans/ http://semiaccurate.com/2014/04/17/semiaccurate-right-apples...