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Those low power cores don't take up a vast amount of die area, but they substantially improve battery life. Apple seems wedded to the idea that 12 hours of scre
by jdietrich 9y ago
Those low power cores don't take up a vast amount of die area, but they substantially improve battery life. Apple seems wedded to the idea that 12 hours of screen-on time is sufficient, so they're happy to keep pushing for maximum performance; other manufacturers are willing to trade off a bit of performance for a lot more battery life.
- kllrnohj 9y ago2 low power cores help battery life as they can handle all the screen off and background activity. 8 low power cores is just stupid. That 10 core chip in practice will function like a 2+2 quad. The other 6 low powers will be doing nothing of value at all.