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The difference for me is the "good enough" factor. I'm fine with paying an explanation premium to go from 90 -> 100% functionality. But only when 90% function
by ethbro 8y ago
The difference for me is the "good enough" factor.
I'm fine with paying an explanation premium to go from 90 -> 100% functionality.
But only when 90% functional doesn't already cover my needs.
Apple goosed the iPhone price exactly as phone processors started hitting Moore's cliff of diminishing performance returns. High performance across the market + most users served by "good enough" processors = commodity
Apple's never done well with commodities.
- iainmerrick 8y ago“Moore’s cliff”? iPhone processors (unlike Macs) are still getting much faster every update. You can debate whether that extra speed is actually useful in everyday life, but they are getting faster.
- ethbro 8y agoThe A12 made some extremely smart memory µarch changes and benefited from a node shrink to TSMC's 7N. We'll see how EUV scales for everyone.