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> Apple is widely rumored to also consider switching to their quite credible in house ARM based processors. Perhaps like many others who frequent the industry
by andrewmcwatters 8y ago
> Apple is widely rumored to also consider switching to their quite credible in house ARM based processors.
Perhaps like many others who frequent the industry news, I'm wondering if the future simply looks like macOS on ARM with people moving clang targets to an `arm-apple-darwin` that's macOS compatible.
I wonder how far off this future is and what it means for the valuation of Intel. Will it translate to a small dent in their share price?
- deaddodo 8y agoIn my personal estimation? About two more Apple A-series generations. You can see from their focus on IPC over core count + speed (as other ARM manufacturers are) that they’re clearly tuning for desktop oriented workloads. With where the Bionic is compared to Intel’s mobile offerings, and the leaps they’re making it’s not too far off. And the only other manufacturers in their realm are Nvidia (with Denver/Denver2) and Cavium (ThunderX2).